On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 17:00:24 +0100
Folderol  wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 09:22:04 +0100
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>
> > On 03/04/17 21:27, Folderol wrote:
> > > Those blanking plugs are a danger in themselves and should be
> > > outlawed. The 'earth' pin easily breaks off in the socket, then
> > > leaving live and neutral exposed.
> >
> > in 60 years of UK 13A sockets that's something I have never ever seen
> > or heard of.
>
> Then you've been very lucky. Having spent many years doing domestic
> service work I've seen it a lot. But then again, I've also seen them
> deliberately broken off, and inserted so that open wires could be poked
> in the live and neutral.

 It's also a quick way of plugging in a two pin European plug,
better than some adaptors too but not as good as a decent adaptor.

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