Unswitched sockets for cleaners
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True, but they could unplug it, if they wanted to plug in their cleaning machine!
Kind Regards, John
I've only seen the exact opposite of that! Normal outlets and cleaners sockets as white sockets, clean supplies in green sockets or white sockets with green switches, and UPS as red socktes or white sockets with red switches.
Does the drawings show the make of these sockets, maybe they are on the drawing as unswitched but actually have something built in for example a keyswitch
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Yes, if you have an appliance where you don't want it to be permanently powered. I used to have a kettle where the switch was in the base, not on the kettle itself - very easy to accidentally knock it on, and much better to have a switch on the socket than the plug for the kettle lying on the worktop.
Where we had our tree this year it was easier to reach the socket where the lights were plugged in than the torpedo switch, and easier to flick a switch than remove the plug as it was behind a low table.
When I'm not using my phone or laptop chargers it's easier to just flick a switch than pull a plug or wallwart out.
And so it goes on - I am truly amazed that you have never in your life encountered a situation where it's easier to use a switch than remove/replace a plug.
I obviously could not claim that I never encounter such situations, and the emergence of wallwarts has created a good few of them - so I was wrong to make such a blanket statement. However, with the exception of wallwarts, most appliances/equipment have their own 'adequate' (and usually accessible) switch, and that is what I would normally use.
Kind Regards, John
We have a similar set up in our engineering office built 5 years ago. Underneath all of the desks are Floor Outlet Boxes containing 4 switched socket outlets and all sorts of data & telephone connections. They are neatly out of the way but it's necessary to crawl under the desks to get to them.
Then there are two boxes each with un-switched single sockets in that are located on the centre line of the room strategically positioned so that the whole office can be vacuumed by using only these two sockets without the need for an extension. They are easily accessible and unobstructed.
Interestingly our cleaner never switches off the sockets she uses in the rest of the building where there are wall mounted sockets. Several are permanently in the on position because of this. So the switches are surplus to requirements in her case.
Then there are two boxes each with un-switched single sockets in that are located on the centre line of the room strategically positioned so that the whole office can be vacuumed by using only these two sockets without the need for an extension. They are easily accessible and unobstructed.
Interestingly our cleaner never switches off the sockets she uses in the rest of the building where there are wall mounted sockets. Several are permanently in the on position because of this. So the switches are surplus to requirements in her case.
Some industrial/clinical area cleaners have a big plug with a loop on top for pulling out. It is almost impossible to use the switch once the plug has been inserted leading to users pushing the plug sideways to operate the switch and thus damaging the socket.
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Switched Sockets, have their uses - Ideal for the lounge, as you can switch off your telley and freeview box properly, and save expensive electricity in the process (and the safety advantage too).
(I switch off my telley and freeview boxes at the wall every time).
(I switch off my telley and freeview boxes at the wall every time).
To be fair, I have to put my hand up and say that I sort-of did - in a way which I now accept was far too much of a generalisation. However, I have to say that, speaking personally, with the exception of wallwarts, I very rarely find myself switching off a socket.
Kind Regards, John
The flats I manage have 'cleaners sockets' although they are switched. They have a DP isolator in the cleaners store and are only live when the cleaner is working. This stops tenants whose prepayment meters are out of credit using landlord's electric
I use the switch on socket outlets ALL the time, I just find them more convenient.
And safer than unplugging and standing on the plug! God forbid, nothing worse than standing on an upturned plug at 3am!
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