6 Feb
2011
6 Feb
'11
7:49 a.m.
I am not that surprised given that at some time (in
the past 20 years?) ES
lampholders appear to have become legal in the UK (I'm sure they never used
Weren't they? I am pretty sure I've seen reference to them in quite old
(1950s) electrical engineering books over here. Maybe not used on
domestic installations, thohhg
to be) and they have a large _easily_touched_ metal
part that could randomly
be connected to live or neutral (I suspect that if Tony found himself having
to install one he would make sure that the screw part went to neutral - I'm
Yes I would. At least one version of the wiring regualtions mentioned
this (I can't remeber if it's mandatory or not). And yes, I would reweire
any ES (or SES, etc) mains lampholder on anything I worked on that was
wired 'backwards'.
No I am not 'afraid' of the mains. I work with mains voltages most days.
However, I have a healthy respect for what it can do if misused. And I
try to make sure it doesn't get to do any such things :-)
also sure that most installers don't bother)
Well, they darn well should...
-tony