When you plug this into a wall socket will it also block the other socket? In the photos it appears that it does so I'd like to confirm that. Thanks
447196
No you can plug it in to the top socket so the other one is still accessible.
447197
No.. u can either use the top outlet and have it up leaving the lower socket accessible or vice versa. No obstruction at all
447198
on my vertical outlets, it does NOT cover the lower socket. It has two prongs. It does extend a few inches above the socket. I don't have any side-by-side outlets to try it out on
447199
Hello! Thanks for the quesiton. These units do not cover both sockets. The plug is at the bottom of the unit. We have our light plugged in to the top socket in our outlet leaving the bottom one free. Hope that helps.
447200
Hi. If you plug it into the top socket the bottom is usable. However if you plug it in the bottom socket it will block the top. This flashlight is a great useful tool. Hope this helps.
447201
In one of those photos at Amazon, the AmerTec is plugged into the bottom outlet and is blocking the top one. Since the distance between the bottom of the light and the prongs is about ¼ inch, it can be plugged in and not block the other outlet below it if it is in the top outlet or above it if it is plugged into the lower outlet (upside down). If it is plugged into an ordinary, flat 6-outlet wall tap, it would block the adjacent outlet.
867348
Hey Angry... They connect to one another with the goofy and cumbersome round plug that is built in. It works fine as long as you don't mind looking at the big, goofy connector. Hope this helps.
1372672
Hard wired to back of a existing socket. Wife didn't want the wires to show. Shouldn't be a problem using a two prong plug.
2186357
It doesn't control either of the duplex wall sockets. It plugs into only one of the wall duplex sockets. It has its own socket on it and only that socket is controlled. The other wall duplex socket is still free and remains open and hot for any other lamp or appliance you do not want to control with the remote.
2211874
Yes, mine has a hole all the way through. I had to use and extra long screw to affix it to the socket. So far, we love this surge protector. We can move the furniture closer to the wall and still have "extra" outlets to use.
1902323
Mine came with a power cable. It is about 3 feet long and the cable is at a right angle to the 3 prong plug. If plugging into a 2 plug outlet on a wall, the cable would block one of the outlets if you plugged it into the top, for example, with the ground oriented toward the floor. I haven't had problems with the plug in particular, though I don't find the 90 degree cable orientation to be ideal for my use.
1817194
No wall block but it has a Micro USB Power Input port. When a micro USB cable is plugged into this switch and connected to a USB charger or other source, it becomes a powered hub.
2017120
I had to put it in the top outlet socket or it would have blocked the other one. It is bigger than I figured but the light is bright.
749017
The email was unclear if it was asking if the device blocks a plug or if I knew the answer. The smart switch plug doesn't block the other plug in an outlet box if placed correctly. My outlets are flipped so I had to plug it into the top outlet, but the bottom outlet is still fully accessible
244734
Ah... I found these other answers confusing, but I have a similar one so it seems easiest to be to say... this is NOT an extension cord!Whatever you plug-in will just be piggy-back plugged right into where this plugs into the outlet, making it stick out of the wall double than usual essentially. The cord length is ONLY for switch-purposes.
1096796
The side socket has two 3 pronged plugs on the back. The top one is plastic and I do not believe it to be doing anything but stabilizing the unit when plugged in. I just went and tried to plug the device into one socket only and the two sets of 3 prongs does not allow me to do that. With this in mind I will assume if the one of the plugs you are asking about is a light switch and one a socket, I do not believe you could get it plugged in. Hope this helps you.
188072
Yes to both. The plug that goes into a wall socket is connected via usb, so you just remove the plug. I hope that makes sense.
2012616
I bought the same product. It has a very new feature: small white plastic safety child-proof barriers that move into the interiors of the slots when nothing is plugged in. These barriers move aside when you push a plug into the socket. Sometimes you have to push the plug a little harder than normal in order to get the two plastic barriers to move aside. Note that most modern plugs now have one blade that is wider than the other and sockets like this one have one slot that is likewise wider than the other. This is a safety feature. The wider blade is for the neutral side of the circuit and the narrower blade is for the hot side. Because of the different sizes of the blades the plug cannot be put into the socket incorrectly. I think that when you tried to plug the lamp back in you were unknowingly trying to put the wider blade into the narrower slot. Turn the plug one half turn (180 degrees) and it should fit properly into the socket. Push firmly to move the safeties aside.
1897288
It does block the second outlet if you plug it into the top outlet. If you plug it into the bottom outlet it doesn't. Its not noisy at all.
633070
The original adapter for mine was the square where this is more of a rectangle. You will be able to plug something next to this fine if you are using a wall socket and plugging this into the top slot and anything can plug into the bottom socket. If you are using something like a surge protector then this will cover 2 slots.
683676
It just plugs into the wall, but you can only plug it into the top outlet, otherwise it will cover the one above it... But these stopped working shortly after I purchased them, so I'd recommend trying another manufacturer.
2193705
The outlet supports two hot wires but only one white/neutral one. I had two white wires so I had to look up a YouTube video on creating a small pigtail that safely combines the two (apparently just stacking two curved wires to one post is unsafe). The outlet tests and works fine now.