Electric plug pulls

This item is eligible for same day delivery and faster in‑store collection. Ideal aid if you are suffering from dexteriry problems or arthritus. UnPluGZ are plug pullers which make removing electrical plugs much easier.

Whenever you have an appliance that is drawing current, and you pull the plug while it is in operation, you are going to draw an electrical arc. The voltage is high enough that current still wants to flow through the air to power the item.

You could try something like this attachments to make plug easier to pull out:.

These appear to stick onto your existing plugs.

Protect your home and family with industry electric and power sockets at Homebase. Choose from our range of sockets, plugs and back boxes online now. Extension cord plugged into electrical outlet.

Man and woman hands holding European plug and outlet isolated. Electric power cable with plug and socket unplugged. They do fit well and are incredibly easy to put onto the plug but the plastic is flimsy, seems brittle and has split at the plug head so very difficult to sellotape together.

Have had much better and stronger plug pull aids in the past from . My partner used to have the bad habit of pulling electric cords by the cord rather than the plug. Now he pulls the textured tubular part in between the cord and the plug. Can it still damage the device?

Find the right stuff to help your home improvement project. Not when it comes to most electronic devices. When you turn the “off” switch on most of your electronics, what actually happens is the product goes into standby mode. This means that the product is still drawing electricity and thus still costing you energy (and money). Damaged plugs , sockets and flexible cables can cause electric shocks, burns and fires.

Remove plugs from sockets carefully. Browse our wide range of electrical plugs at Homebase, and get your appliances hooked up in no time. When to Pull the Plug - Unplugging appliances can save you money, but do you know how much?

Assuming an electricity cost of cents per kWh (your actual cost may be higher or lower, depending on your provider), the cost to power the VCR comes to about $12.