A reminder to everyone - FatallyFlawed - Child Plug Socket Covers Campaign

[RWJ]

Had a direct reply from ESC

"Thanks for highlighting our mistaken retweet - we also don't agree with socket covers and it shouldn't have been retweeted!"

 

[trev]

I've just been through the whole of this thread and note there's not a peep from any of the forum sponsors. Could I ask all you lovely sponsory people to post links on your site to the campaign site please.
Dan, Jason, can we try to get them on board?

 

[EoinConway]

As per your PM earlier Trev, I have forwarded the details on to our technical guys to get a permanent link put onto our website.
Also, i have forwarded the details (including link to this thread) to our marketing company who will do a press release on it - i will update with links when complete.

I've just been through the whole of this thread and note there's not a peep from any of the forum sponsors. Could I ask all you lovely sponsory people to post links on your site to the campaign site please.
Dan, Jason, can we try to get them on board?

 

[trev]

Can I get you quoted from your press release when it's issued as a supporter on the website Eoin?

 

[EoinConway]

Absolutely, i've just sent it off to them this evening, i'll come back to you when i've got a draft. We'll also post up links on our Facebook & Twitter accounts

Can I get you quoted from your press release when it's issued as a supporter on the website Eoin?

 

[trev]

I can't believe I've been so stupid as to overlook the one group who could probably give more weight to the campaign than any other, the socket manufacturers.
If anyone has a name and contact details for anyone I could get in touch with at the likes of Crabtree, MK etc a few people would be very very grateful

 

[Plonker 3]

What about asking at your local wholesalers for the local reps number? I know they are sales man but maybe they could actually go above and influence the companies?

 

[malcolmsanford]

Signed it last week when back in the UK and also got the family to do it.

Also got a result after getting my wife to read the thread and the fatally flawed website she sent the link to her main office and her boss as agreed to remove everyone of them that are being used in 25+ of his nursing homes, so the word is getting out

 

[Dranok]

I've always thought these were an utterly pointless gimmick. It never really occurred to me that they were inherently unsafe! It's more than a little worrying that, because they are designed to look so benign and have become ubiquitous, I've never stopped to consider what really should have occurred to me as a professional. Thank you FF for pointing out "the obvious" and letting us all see it!

As an inspector I will now stipulate their removal. There are a couple of sites where my word is Law (or at least Lore...) but thankfully I don't see them very often (commercial and industrial sites are not the kind of places I'd expect to see them). I wonder if I should write them up as C2's when I do landlord's inspections? In fact, now knowing that some are so oversized that they can spread the socket pins and cause overheating, I should write them up as "FIR" and let their maintenance sparkies charge a callout!

 

[Knobhead]

Welcome aboard. Any help you can give will be appreciated.
Have you signed the e-petition yet?

 

[Dranok]

Not yet, I busy writing a Health & Safety Policy just now :-( But it's in my favourites now...

 

[tevion]

Just reading through the thread there now, never passed a bit of heed of these being a hazard.

 

[Knobhead]

Please be sure to sign the pettition

 

[tevion]

Please be sure to sign the pettition

Done, its at 331 now.

 

[Dranok]

OK, I've finally managed to pin my flag to the pole. 332.

 

[Knobhead]

Thank you both. We've still a long way to go so the more of you're friends or better still companies that can feature the e-pettition on their websites the better.

 

[nickblake]

Just finished a school had to pat test the junior school and found the dam things every where after a few explanations there are now no covers in the sockets and after showing the link to the head and deputy head they are no longer in use ,also a holiday let cottage had them in all there sockets after giving them a C2 and an unsatisfactory EICR due to these they have now removed them and quite happily then gave them a satisfactory report they were binned when i was there progress , partition link now on my face book page

 

[Geoff Holden]

Re: Fatally Flawed

Just joined this forum and read the totally flawed article . Shocking . I am in the process of training to become an electrician and im shocked at how profit seems to always outway safety. It seems that the only way to really find the truth behind products these days is to consult with genunie trades people on forums like this . It wouldnt come as a surprise to me that these forums are shut down in the future by people in power,to shut up the voices of genuine people who dont just have the concerns of safety to the general public but who can also prove it . And they can carry on making money , fat cats and all that . anyway ive got on my soap box enough . good work lads keep it up .........

 

[Knobhead]

Have you signed the pettition Geoff?

 

[Carpe Diem]

Re: Fatally Flawed

Signed today. Never realised how unsafe these things were. Currently 360.