The newest version of the Ontario Electrical Safety Code will come into effect on May 1, 2009.

 

If you haven’t seen them already, you will soon start to see tamper-resistant electrical receptacles. These are a requirement of the new electrical code (residential appplications).

 

Tamper-proof receptacles can be identified by “TR” on the faceplate of the outlet.

 

Here is link to a site that shows how they work:

http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=23899&minisite=10021

Here is how to identify them: Look  for TR between the hot and neutral holes of these outlets:

 

 

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