Abstract: A safety electrical outlet comprising a housing having at least one socket for receiving an electrical plug, the socket comprising at least two openings for receiving the prongs of a plug to be inserted therein, each of the openings having wipers associated therewith for making electrical contact with the prongs of the plug, a plunger associated with each of the openings and positioned behind the associated wiper so that when a plug is inserted into the opening, a prong depresses the plunger causing it to close a switch or contact set for supplying electric current to the wiper and the plug; plungers on both the hot and neutral sidesare in a series circuit in the current supply line so that a prong must be inserted into both openings to close both switches before current is supplied; the plungers are so positioned and configured that if a foreign object is inserted into the opening, it cannot make good physical contact with the plunger and will move off to one side of the plunger without depressing the plunge