Where can I purchase child proof or not so child proof plastic inserts
for a US standard light bulb socket at a decent price. So the inserts
could be screwed in, and they prevent people form zapping themselves.

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Clarification of Question by longphone2000-ga on 11 Jun 2004 22:41 PDT

I have a row of light sockets, in a commerical location, there are
close to 30 sockets, and i dont want to put light bulbs in the ones
closest to the floor, and I cant have kids putting their fingers
inside the socket!! This is how my application looks. The " i " means
the frame and the " 8 " means a socket.

ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8 (From top of the window frame)
ii                          ii
i8                          i8
ii                          ii
i8                          i8
   (this goes to the floor)
ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8ii8

So essentally you might know this as the tradional movie theater or
blockbuster window sign with the bulbs going all the way around the
window. My only problem is that the window goes all the way to the
floor and people step on the bulbs and little dull witted kids put
their fingers in the sockets, and some curious poor idiots, take the
bulbs out of the sockets and take them home. So to solve most of my
worries and high insurance premiums, I want to make the bottom of the
window panel, to be sealed with little plastic plugs, which I can
later remove, but still protect me from the village idiot. :)
By the way this is a subway sandwich store, im using this in. ;P

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 11 Jun 2004 23:27 PDT

longphone...

I was unable to locate such a plastic safety plug, however
I believe I have a solution for you, at the cost of $1.60
per outlet. Are you interested?

sublime1-ga

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Clarification of Question by longphone2000-ga on 12 Jun 2004 06:25 PDT

Is it like the plastic safty plug?, and what is it?

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Clarification of Question by longphone2000-ga on 12 Jun 2004 06:41 PDT

I'm looking for something in the few cents price range.

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Clarification of Question by longphone2000-ga on 13 Jun 2004 17:05 PDT

I really wanted a direct solution, but they putty might work, but i
need to be able to reclame the socket quickly. Sorry, Jay Patel.

Hello, longphone 2000!

For free: (After unplugging the display) Take the sockets out (you
could stop here) and clip/unscrew and electrical tape the leads
separately. Putting the sockets back merely keeps the consistent look.

Another solution that is pennies per socket is called Scotchfil. Among
other places, you can buy it from
http://www.foxelectricsupply.com/content/products/ProductDetail.asp?qsCatID=26258&qsProductNo=SCOTCHFIL
for relatively cheap. The idea here is that you can insulate the
inside of the socket with little effort. The description says:

3M? Scotchfil? Electrical Insulation Putty Tape
This black electrical grade, rubber-based, self-fusing insulating
putty is supplied in tape form.
 
3M? Scotchfil? Electrical Insulation Putty can be wrapped, stretched
or molded around irregular shapes for quick, smooth insulation
build-up. Use 3M?Scotchfil? putty to insulate connections up to 600
volts and to round out high-voltage connections to gear, smooth bus
bar irregularities, and make a moisture seal at ground wire exits in
high-voltage splices. UL Recognized Component listing for 176°F (80°C)
when used in combination with Scotch® Super 33+ or Scotch® Super 88
tapes.

If used properly, even if fingers get in the socket, they will have to
scrape the stuff off on purpose to get shocked. The description says
it self-fuses, and you get 1.5" x 60", which is a lot for
vanity/candelabra bulbs, but may not be enough necessarily for 30
"normal" bulb sockets.

Well, I am not sure if this would be something that you would be
intrested in this idea or not - you could go yhou your local hardware
store and purchase some adapters that are used to convert a standard
light socket into a two prong wall type outlet - then go get some of
those childproofing electrical outlet covers that insert into the
outlet.

Picture of adapter 

http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1294404&cp=&searchId=5337305855&keywords=adapters&parentPage=search

picture of plug cover

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.thesafetyplace.net/files/Plug_N__Outlet_Covers.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thesafetyplace.net/Electricalsafety.html&h=167&w=91&sz=16&tbnid=_Fr4vTy1k8gJ:&tbnh=91&tbnw=50&start=10&prev=/images%3Fq%3Delectrical%2Bplug%2Bcovers%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

This would be a less invasive solution to your problem providing the peice of mind

In reference to the above comment - this "fix" would be reversible
with the screw of a socket adapter and another screw of a bulb -
without having to scrap or clean the inside of the sockets