Explain to me why child safety plugs do not melt or catch fire when you plug them in the outlet?
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That is an interesting question. The outlet covers for those who don’t know what they are are small plastic disks that have prongs like a regular electrical plug and go into the opening of the socket to protect children.
The reason they don’t melt is because of the material that is used to make them. The plastic material is used because it doesn’t conduct electricity.
Unlike a standard outlet plug which completes the circuit and allows electricity to flow to the household appliance, the plastic plug does not complete the circuit.
The cover doesn’t melt because it doesn’t get hit because electricity doesn’t flow through it.
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