[aftershockews]

Anyone having issues where older folks are having issues plugging into TR receps?
If I am just on a TC, I install non TR, but if permited, well, they hate them.

 

[theJcK]

knew i was getting old. haha. i think at times they can be a PITA but guess thats how they keep the lil ones fingers and forks out.

 

[99cents]

The best you can do is go around with your receptacle tester and try to open them up a bit. It does help.

 

[aftershockews]

The best you can do is go around with your receptacle tester and try to open them up a bit. It does help.

I did that on one small kitchen job. But like yesterday I replaced a countertop rec for a 70+ yr old. I went to the van and debated on it and just grabbed a non TR one. I doubt this fellow will be trying to jam a butter knife into it.

 

[480sparky]

Never had an issue with P&S.

 

[btharmy]

I have heard of many complaints. I never installed one until I got desperate and the only GFCI Blowe's had in stock were TR. The elderly customer called me a week later and said he couldn't plug into it. I returned and exchanged it with a standard GFCI and pitched the TR in re trash.

 

[icdubois]

I always let them know about it and tell them that it will be harder to plug stuff in, but also tell them that if they go straight in with the plug it will be easier.. No more of the side angle plugging in.

 

[kbsparky]

Never had an issue with P&S.

I have had a few P&S receptacles refuse admittance. This was NOT a place where the elderly reside. House was owned by a 30 year old.

I could not plug in my vacuum cleaner, either. :no:

Had to replace `em. :whistling2:

 

[3xdad]

Ederly? Heck, sometimes i look like a tard trying to wiggle a cord cap in.

 

[AK_sparky]

I always let them know about it and tell them that it will be harder to plug stuff in, but also tell them that if they go straight in with the plug it will be easier.. No more of the side angle plugging in.

It helps, but some are still pretty stubborn.

 

[wcord]

Never had an issue with P&S.

We use P&S a lot and every once in awhile there is a problem receptacle. Usually on the 20 GFCI's.
I would assume that it is be expected with the volume that made

 

[Swordsman]

I had a customer call our City Electrical Inspector about the TR devices. She B*tched and moaned so much that the inspector actually went out and showed her the code where they were required. I don't know how she did it but the inspector then checked every receptacle.

I haven't witnessed such a hilarious event in maybe decades.

 

[Jhellwig]

They don't like mangled prongs or trying to plug anything any way other than perfectly strait. The more they are used the better they are.

 

[99cents]

I did that on one small kitchen job. But like yesterday I replaced a countertop rec for a 70+ yr old. I went to the van and debated on it and just grabbed a non TR one. I doubt this fellow will be trying to jam a butter knife into it.

It takes a determined child to climb on top of a countertop and jam a knife into a receptacle.

 

[Jhellwig]

I used to stick keys in the outlets when I was a kid. I also used to pry the safety plugs out for fun.

 

[Meadow]

When one idiot proofs a world the idiots just get dumber while all those with brains are just punished. Im sorry, but if you cant watch your kids you've got bigger problems.

 

[AK_sparky]

When one idiot proofs a world the idiots just get dumber while all those with brains are just punished. Im sorry, but if you cant watch your kids you've got bigger problems.

So basically until the kid is 7 or 8 years old, don't leave them alone in a room that has a receptacle?

 

[Joefixit2]

We get an occasional P&S that's hard to plug into but the worst was some Hubbells that were installed in Midwest boxes, couldn't get them to work for nothing and had to swap them out. We also ran across a landscape timer, brand new, wouldn't plug into any TR recep. Couldn't see anything wrong with the plug cap other than it was made in China.

 

[Joefixit2]

They don't like mangled prongs or trying to plug anything any way other than perfectly strait. The more they are used the better they are.

You mean like the prongs on my air compressor cord that have bits blown off from plugging/unplugging under load?:whistling2:

 

[Meadow]

So basically until the kid is 7 or 8 years old, don't leave them alone in a room that has a receptacle?

If you have a 7 to 8 year old who doesn't know not to stick things in outlets I feel sorry for the parents.