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Child-Proof Outlets in Houston Midtown, TX

Protect Your Home With Child-Proof Outlets

Every year, more than 2,400 children in the United States are treated in emergency rooms due to electrical shocks and burns from tampering with electrical outlets. Installing child-proof outlets, also called tamper-resistant receptacles (TRR), provides an inexpensive, simple, and permanent solution for these accidents.

Child-Proof Outlets in Houston Midtown, TX

Protect Your Home With Child-Proof Outlets

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  • A child-proof outlet is a tamper-resistant, spring-loaded outlet to ensure foreign objects can’t be inserted. This adds extra protection to your child-proofing methods and can prevent or reduce the risk of electric shock, electrocution, and electric fires. Even households without children can benefit from residential child-proof outlet installs. You should always hire an experienced professional to replace your existing outlets with child-proof outlets. Childproof outlet installation is tricky and complex and requires specialized tools and expertise.

  • Childproof outlets have a spring-loaded shutter. If the outlet is unused, the shutter closes to block the slots or contact openings from foreign objects, prying fingers, and other intrusion methods. If you want to use the outlet, all you need to do is insert a plug into the slots. This causes the spring to compress and allows the shutters to open. Both springs must be compressed simultaneously to move. This prevents children from creating an electrical current by putting toys, silverware, or other foreign objects into the slots.

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When Should You Consider Child Proof Outlet Installations?

If you’re childproofing your home, you should consider child-proof outlet installations in each room, not just the nursery or child’s room. Even households without children should consider tamper-resistant outlet installation. Uncovered outlets pose risks to everyone in your home, no matter their age, including:

Electric Shock

Electric shock is a common danger associated with uncovered outlets. Shock occurs whenever there is a disparity in electrical potential. If a foreign object is inserted into the outlet, electricity will flow along that object and into the body of the person holding the object. This shock can be powerful enough to damage organs and muscles, cause burns, and result in death.

Electrical Burns

An electrical outlet can deliver up to 240 volts of electricity. Anyone who comes into contact with a live current running through the outlet or walls can suffer from serious second or third-degree burns.

Fire

Ungoverned electricity can increase the risk of safety concerns, including fires.

Harmful Substances

Securing electrical outlets prevents dust and other debris from settling inside the outlets. Over time, these substances can build up and cause health problems or increase fire risk.

  • Approximately 2,400 children experience electrical shocks and burns from tampering with electrical outlets every year. Approximately 12 children die from these injuries every year. Childproofing kits often include small plastic caps meant to go over outlets to protect them from curious children. However, as your child ages and becomes more capable, they may be able to remove the plastic caps themselves. A child-proof outlet installation is a much more effective, efficient, and reliable way to protect your family, keep your children safe, and potentially save their lives.

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