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Posted by mm on March 27, 2008, 2:25 am
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:49:31 -0800, David Nebenzahl
>Just helped do an installation of a tankless water heater for a
>customer. My part of it was wiring the heater (it's got electric
>ignition). It's wired to a switch inside the house. The customer is
>concerned that the switch could be mistaken for a light switch and
>turned off, as am I, so I looked for some kind of cover for it with no
>luck. I was hoping to find something like the little rectangular metal
>box covers that one sees on furnace switches; you know, the ones that
>flip up to. The only ones I could find, however, have a switch and a
>fuse mounted in a duplex box, with the cover over the fuse, not the
>switch (I don't need a fuse anyhow).
>
>These little covers would be perfect. Are these available anywhere for
>use with switches? I'm thinking either a cover plate that has the safety
>cover built into it, or a cover that could be screwed over an exisiting
>switch plate.
I think you can get the hinged boxes
at Army Ballistic Missile Supply Surplus Store.
They have guidance systems and recently got a new order of nose cones
from Taiwan.
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>I did find some interesting switch covers on line. These ones
>
>http://www.epinions.com/content_406023409284
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>fit over any standard light switch that you want to make sure either
>doesn't get turned on or off by mistake. However, they're a bit
>expensive, I think, plus they can get lost.
>
>The other alternative that I'm going to use in the meantime are those
>little plastic tabs you can screw onto a switch to keep it in one
>position or the other. Also not ideal, since you then need a tool to
>flip the switch.
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