Your home socket is "national standard hole" or "universal hole"?

December 30, 2008, the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standardization Management Committee issued the national standard GB2099.3-2008 "household and similar plug socket Part 2: the special requirements of the converter", instead of GB2099.3- In 1997 the domestic penetration rate of the higher hole socket to become a product. That is out of the million hole socket packaging marked "according to GB2099.3-1997 standard production" words, and in line with the new national standard of the product marked on the packaging "according to GB2099.3-2008 standard production" words. June 1, 2010, the standard in the production areas began to implement.

June 1, 2010, by the State Administration of Quality Supervision and the National Standardization Management Committee jointly issued the "household and similar use plug socket part 2: the special requirements of the converter" (hereinafter referred to as "new national standard") began to enforce, clear Prohibited the production of million hole socket. Now the new national standard implementation of nearly four years, Beijing, Shanghai, Hebei and other places 38 consumer rights units to carry out the "safe use of power outlet survey" results show that 72.69% of the respondents did not know this. The Ministry of Public Security has released data that China in recent years due to power sockets, switches and other short circuits caused by the fire, ranking first in all types of fire. What is the "universal hole socket"? What is the "new national standard"? How to choose a safe power outlet? Yesterday, the professionals gave a detailed answer.

"Million hole", "national standard hole" power outlet long like?

"Universal hole": This multi-function socket three-phase jack and two-phase jack together, there are three holes, for a variety of domestic and foreign electrical plug, including flat, round, triangular and so on. Although the use of convenience, but the larger jack, socket connector and electrical plug contact area is too small, easy to lead to overheating lead to fire accidents. Some plugs have three-pole jack, but the socket itself comes with only two plugs on the plug, which is two-core card, there are security risks.

"National standard hole": two-pole and three-pole jack separately combination of the form (commonly known as the new five-hole socket) socket, the socket plug and socket contact area is larger, more closely contact, reduce the shock hidden board with three poles Jack, the socket itself comes with the same plug on the three plugs.

 - Suning Appliance Technology Director Zhao Zhenchun

"GB hole" on the packaging

"According to GB2099.3-2008 standard production" words

"Million hole" supermarket did not see

Roadside hardware store is still selling

Yesterday afternoon, the reporter visited the provincial capital of two large supermarkets, did not find a million hole socket in the sale, the socket label on the packaging that is the implementation of the new national standard, and plugs are three holes. But the reporter in Donggang Road, a hardware store, found here with a number of multi-purpose multi-purpose socket. From the appearance point of view, they are "three holes" design, packaging is very simple, the lowest price only ten dollars. Sales staff said he did not know the new national standard power socket, but has repeatedly promised "million hole" socket quality certainly no problem, "I use this is the socket."

Interviewed nine people

Do not know "million hole" disabled

Reporters interviewed nine people, they all said, do not know the hole hole socket can not be used. A public surnamed Sun said that he bought the computer power supply in the United States is a cylindrical power plug, had deliberately bought the supermarket before the common hole hole socket, but did not find the original has been banned production.

It is understood that most consumers at home with at least five outlets in use, many families are more than a socket for many years. Most people choose to buy in the hardware store, only a few people choose to buy in the big shopping malls or electrical appliances.

"Million hole" hidden more

Do not buy cheap to use

"Million hole" socket in the end why not safe? Sun Zhen electrical technology director Zhao Zhenchun introduction, "universal hole" socket can match a variety of specifications of the plug, although very convenient, but the socket reed by a variety of different shapes, different specifications plug plug, it may be deformed damage. Damage to the reed will appear when the contact surface is too small or poor contact. Contact surface is too small will change the resistance, and then change the current, leading to the socket hot, to the family power planted hidden dangers, and even lead to fire.

"In addition, the jack hole jack is too large, there may be other hazards." He said that the jack is too large, the child may be put into the fingers, there are electric shock, and some other debris, metal Parts fall into them may also lead to short circuit, and then a fire accident.

Hebei Province Consumer Association to remind the public, consumers do not seek to buy power outlet cheap, the best to the regular large chain of super, hypermarkets or electrical appliances and other places of business to buy, and retain the purchase certificate. In addition, we should pay attention to industry and commerce, quality inspection departments issued monitoring, testing information and Consumers Association (Consumer Council, Consumer Protection Committee) announced the results of comparative experiments, try not to have repeatedly been exposed, punished the brand.

In addition, in line with the national standard socket copper wire used inside, copper thick, plastic shell tight, so the weight is more important than the unacceptable socket; plug, pull the plug, the qualified socket plug feel uniform, Loose, each hole can also feel different feel different; pull the power cord, the power cord is not qualified outlet easier to pull off.