Safety in the Home
Dear Aunt Daisy, I feel I must tell you of one very dangerous practice in many homes-pull-ing the plug out of an electric kettle, jug or vacuum cleaner before switching off the power or disconnecting from plug in stove. The jug end is "live" while it is plugged in at the stove. My husband is an electrician and he says he sees it in most homes, Also, some people leave one end of the cord plugged in while the other "live" end hangs loose. A child need only put this in its mouth and it would be electrocuted. I take the cord right out of the stove first, then out of the kettle, and hang it on a hook at the back of the|
stove,
Topsy
Christchurch,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 655, 25 January 1952, Page 21
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131Safety in the Home New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 655, 25 January 1952, Page 21
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