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Explain to me why child safety plugs do not melt or catch fire when you plug them in the outlet?

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Metal electric wire is a conductor. It can easily carry electrical current.

Plastic is an insulator, especially plastic chosen for such an application. Electricity doesn’t travel through it because it has a very high electrical resistance.

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