What is the best way to protect a household outlet?

Affiliate material. Not always a socket for domestic use in an apartment, house or office will be operated under normal temperature conditions with normal humidity. Sometimes the sockets are loaded in this sense, and sometimes they should be additionally protected.

Manufacturers of wiring accessories provide for various design features for protection, here the products of our Russian company will be no exception. LK Studio .

Why do you need to protect the outlet?

If there is a risk that the socket mechanism may be destroyed by external factors or operation the outlet and its placement will become unsafe, then such a power point must be additionally protected.

What such protection may be required from:

• from unauthorized entry to contacts of a small child;
• from high humidity;
• with an increased amount of dust in the room;
• for outdoor outdoor placement.

Let's take a closer look at these situations.

Protection from small children

If an outlet located in a living room where there are small children is not additionally protected, then sooner or later the child's curiosity will force him to explore this place. In this situation, without special protection, the child will be electrocuted, which in any case is a bad event.

How is such protection implemented in LK Studio series sockets? LK60 or LK80? The mechanism is equipped with special protective curtains made of polyamide. The shutters open access to the contacts only when they are acted upon simultaneously and synchronously, as a conventional plug does.

If you try to get into one socket or two, but without simultaneous pressing, then the curtains will not open. This is a way to protect a small child from electric shock.

Protection against moisture and dust

In dusty rooms or in rooms with high humidity, it is best to protect the sockets additionally. Such protection is the installation of an additional cover, which ensures the tightness of the mechanism at the IP44 level when closed. If we talk about products made by LK60.

The cover is attached to the frame and fits snugly against the bezel. This way it is possible to protect the inside of the outlet from dust and moisture. The installation of such additional protection can be justified when operating the outlet in:

• bathroom;
• kitchen area;
• damp or dusty utility rooms and sheds;
• industrial buildings;
• in any other situation.

If the presence of such factors is expected near the installation site of the outlet, then it is better to equip it with additional protection.

Maximum protection level of the LK Studio socket

What is the highest level of protection possible for an outlet? For example, if you want to install it outdoors in the street. It is not recommended to simply mount the socket out in the open; it must be protected from direct water ingress during rain or snow melting. Under a canopy, it can serve for a long time if it is placed in a special protective casing.

In LK Studio products, such protection is available in the AQUA-MODUL series of electrical accessories. Here it is possible to achieve the level of climatic protection IP55. These sockets can be installed outdoors under a canopy.

The protective casing assumes the sealing of the supply wires and contacts of the mechanism with the help of tight glands. The lid closes with a sealing rubber, this prevents moisture and insects from entering.

You can use such an outlet at any convenient time, for this you just need to open the cover and plug the plug into the socket of the contacts. This option is the maximum level of protection for household outlets.