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Tweaks for systems, rooms and Do It Yourself (DIY) help. FAQ.

Shocking! OK, now seriously

You'd be right if that metal touched across the terminals somehow. However, imagine that the copper were just a thin outer covering on what amounts to a child safety plastic plug insert. Then the risk would be way way down unless you did something unusual or stupid.

I'm not saying I've seen these devices and I have no idea how they are actually constructed! Safety first, right?

But I cannot imagine anyone stupid enough to put out a product that would do what you're imagining in this litigious age!

On the other hand, some of the RFI tweaking you can read here (some of which I've done myself) does involve covering unused terminations, so why not your outlets too? Your entire AC system is one magnificent RFI/EMI attractant, unfortunately, so maybe this helps. Who knows?

I can think of other ways to try to accomplish the same thing DIY...


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  • Shocking! OK, now seriously - bartc 17:01:55 03/02/07 (0)


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