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| Thread ID: 127431 | 2012-10-22 03:29:00 | question for electricians | Tony (4941) | PC World Chat |
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| 1308091 | 2012-10-22 03:29:00 | My 92 year old mother in the UK has taken to turning off her freezer for reasons unknown, which of course doesn't do the contents any good. She has short term memory problems, so just telling her not to do it is not a solution. I've suggested just putting up a sign by the switch saying "do not turn off", but I was wondering if there are switches available with some sort of security on them so they can't just be turned off at will. Any ideas? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1308092 | 2012-10-22 03:31:00 | Just hot wire it. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1308093 | 2012-10-22 03:35:00 | What about fixing a small box over the power point? | Jen (38) | ||
| 1308094 | 2012-10-22 03:42:00 | What about fixing a small box over the power point?I've suggested that to my sister as well. I'm just exploring all the options. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1308095 | 2012-10-22 03:47:00 | Here are two more options, lockable switched sockets made by MK, and a child proof cover: www.voltimum.co.uk http://www.pluglock.co.uk/ |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1308096 | 2012-10-22 03:52:00 | Here are two more options, lockable switched sockets made by MK, and a child proof cover: www.voltimum.co.uk www.pluglock.co.uk both look like definite possibilities - I'll pass the links on to my sister. Thanks. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1308097 | 2012-10-22 03:57:00 | Here's another product for safety proofing switched sockets: www.insight-security.com and another :) www.reecesafety.co.uk and again: www.kiddisave.co.uk You are spoiled for choice in actual fact ! |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1308098 | 2012-10-22 04:08:00 | Here's another product for safety proofing switched sockets: www.insight-security.com and another :) www.reecesafety.co.uk and again: www.kiddisave.co.uk You are spoiled for choice in actual fact !It's all a question of knowing how to frame the search. I'll pass those on as well - that should keep her going for a while. Thanks again. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1308099 | 2012-10-22 05:19:00 | While I don't have a solution, I can sympathise. My dad as he was losing it would hover around the wall socket my PC was plugged into, desperate to turn it off. Seems the habits of switching off at the wall came back to haunt him once the senility bit him. He didn't want to go to bed without killing the power. Now it's my mum with the same issues. She'll turn off the TV in her room at the wall switch, which also kills her bedside light and electric blanket. If I change the plugs around to the other outlet in her room she'll be killing the power to her heater and phone instead. And she's too forgetful to remember any instructions to correct her. Plus the TV remote has way too many functions for her to ever get to grips with it. An expensive remedy has just come to mind... using a UPS which will sound an alarm when the power is cut off. Not that it will tolerate the power drain of a freezer for very long (if at all) |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1308100 | 2012-10-22 06:19:00 | On the other hand it is a basic requirement that an electrical appliance can be easily switched off at any time. I'm not suggesting that the freezer is likely to burst into flames, suddenly develop a short circuit that livens the metal frame or emit a deafening grinding noise because the fan blade falls off - but there are good reasons for ensuring that it can be easily switched off if a fault develops. | coldot (6847) | ||
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