lock for plug socket?

angeldaisy · 17-10-2009 08:41PM #1

anyone know of anything on the market that can be used to lock a plug socket, ie so that whatever is plugged into it cannot be switched either on or off (dependent on what is set). Ideally either locked with a key or a keypad.
Not sure if i'm making myself clear, I've tried to google it but not sure what to look for??

dwayman · 27-10-2009 12:51AM

Sounds like a fire hazard and probably illegal.

manutd · 27-10-2009 09:35PM

It would be a serious fire hazzard and never see one.
This is your best change http://www.toolstation.com/images/library/stock/webbig/44377.jpg.

brightspark · 14-11-2009 05:16PM

Not endorsing its use but someone does make this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Socket-Guard-Double-Electrical-Safety/dp/B002EPDW0O

Do consider the potential hazards of not being able to quickly unplug something in a hurry though.

Does anyone know of anything in the regulations regarding using something like this?

If you just want to stop something from being plugged in you could try one of these

http://www.caulfieldindustrial.com/files/productdetail.asp?ProductId=125457&PName=PANDUIT+Global+Plug+Lockout

wmpdd3 · 14-11-2009 08:04PM

In shops, cash registers, servers etc, usually have a lockable plug, plug looks like a normal one but you line it up with the socket at a 1/4 turn clockwise, plug it in then twist it 1/4 turn anti-clockwise. So the plug and socket and plug need to be sorced. Can't find a pic online sorry. I often had them installed on various sockets so they must have been cheap to source.

lock for plug socket?

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