> 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
Not easily touched with the bulb in place, I hope? Over here (Sweden) all
bulbs are ES and all holders have an insulating exterior. If you remove the
bulb and poke your finger inside with the holder live, you may well get a
shock, since mains sockets aren't polarised here. Most people don't usually
do that however, not even the cognitively challenged.
The bulbs don't wobble about in an ES holder, IIRC they do in a bayonet
holder. The French use bayonet holders and that IMO says a lot about that
type of holder.
Jonas