Our opinion is there’s no significant risk to children from 13 Amp socket-outlets that conform to the product standard BS 1363
Answered by Farrah, Electrical Safety Expert
Our opinion is there’s no significant risk to children from 13 Amp socket-outlets that conform to the product standard BS 1363. As they have integral safety shutters, they are widely judged to be the safest design currently installed in Europe and there is no incident data to suggest there is a serious risk.
However, babies and toddlers should never be left unattended and allowed to ‘play’ with socket outlets. Eternal vigilance is the only reliable safeguard in this respect, as is the case with any electrical hazard in the home.