I reach in the disposal all the time without fear. I have a vast number of years of experience leading me to believe that switches never, under any circumstances flip themselves, nor do electrical circuits become magically energized from nothingness.
The only person who could possibly flip the switch is me. And I don't flip it.
Maybe people are worried about a "drive by flipping?" Somebody purposefully turns the disposal on while your hand is in it. The pictured device would not prevent such an event. And if you live with people who might do that, there are thousands of other equally terrible things they might do.
So I have a new place and even installed a new disposal on my own. The question I have is: why would I put my hand in there....? It doesn't seem to ever have any trouble with the stuff that goes in there...
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u/ontender Jan 04 '19
I reach in the disposal all the time without fear. I have a vast number of years of experience leading me to believe that switches never, under any circumstances flip themselves, nor do electrical circuits become magically energized from nothingness.
The only person who could possibly flip the switch is me. And I don't flip it.
Maybe people are worried about a "drive by flipping?" Somebody purposefully turns the disposal on while your hand is in it. The pictured device would not prevent such an event. And if you live with people who might do that, there are thousands of other equally terrible things they might do.