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UK Switched Socket Outlets

Markyboyce

Socket outlets in UK generally fall into two groups (excluding lesser known/used products) and that is switched or unswitched.

My question is, what is value in having a switched socket outlet when so many of the switches simply don't get used i.e. they are often left in the on position? Indeed, whenever I visit Savoy House in London, 80% of the switched socket outlets have their switches left in the on position!

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  • You may wish to leave something plugged in so it has a socket reserved and is already to go and then power it up ? It is however another attack vector for grit and corrosion to mess  up your electrics, so not so bright on an extension lead outdoors.

    Certainly in our house the switches  get a lot of use and the plugs stay in for months if not years at a time.

    At my place of work however, ostensibly to prevent switching off the wrong thing, we do not have them on the lab benches, It leads to a lot of stuff left on overnight in error ,  and a fair amount of unplugging the wrong thing...
    Mike

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  • You may wish to leave something plugged in so it has a socket reserved and is already to go and then power it up ? It is however another attack vector for grit and corrosion to mess  up your electrics, so not so bright on an extension lead outdoors.

    Certainly in our house the switches  get a lot of use and the plugs stay in for months if not years at a time.

    At my place of work however, ostensibly to prevent switching off the wrong thing, we do not have them on the lab benches, It leads to a lot of stuff left on overnight in error ,  and a fair amount of unplugging the wrong thing...
    Mike

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