They’re like that in this apartment we’re renting and I keep seeing them elsewhere. I don’t get it.

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To turn shit on or off

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To turn them on and off.

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Fair enough

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I present to you my favorite YouTube person:

The GFCI/RCD, a simple but life saving protector:

https://youtu.be/ILBjnZq0n8s?list=PLv0jwu7G_DFU62mIGZNag5vQ0a6tDGBpO

In defense of the Switched Outlet:

https://youtu.be/2DGqVbTHX-k

Electrical topics playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv0jwu7G_DFU62mIGZNag5vQ0a6tDGBpO

I could just watch this guy all day lol

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A fellow human of great and distinguished taste I see

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I expected Technology Connections or ElectroBOOM, was not disappointed.

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One teaches what to do, the other teaches what not to do.

ElectroBOOM keeps me alive sometimes, and Technology Connections told me how to properly use a dishwasher.

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also small child/baby protection.

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Children love playing with the switch, so I’m not sure how that’s supposed to protect them.

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How does the switch protect children?

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if it is a small child it is assumed that the joint probability of both turning on the switch and inserting a fork through the holes is roughly the product of probabilities of each (therefore lower than each individually), i.e both events are independent.

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Have you tried to stick anything metal into one of these plugs? It is fairly todler proof. I think a 7 year old has the dexterity to defeat it but certainly not a baby.

Manufacturers sell the wall sockets in both switched and unswitched versions so I would say the switch is just there for convenience of the user.

It seems that maybe in the 60s having a switch on the wall was very useful because most electrical devices would have been designed to be switched on or off from its mains power connection (like lamps, hairdryers, vacuum cleaners, electric whisk, etc). I assume the standard was to have a switch as this gave a little extra functionality. Today however many electrical devices have digital electronics that don’t expect to be power cycled and so a switch is not really a feature but an inconvenience (think smart bulb, or Apple TV).

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But who will protect the big babies?

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To turn things on and off.

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Big if true.

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Massive if correct

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Large if accurate

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I remember when I was young and bending down all the time was a thing you could do painlessly. Ah, youth.

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Have you tried using your toes?

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You can use your toes for switches.

Not when there are no switches and you have to pull out the plug everytime you want to switch off the appliance.

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I can still bend down ok, but getting back up off my knees however….

Smart plugs are awesome!

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