7 Feb
2011
7 Feb
'11
12:07 p.m.
[ES lampholders and live parts]
Not easily touched with the bulb in place, I hope?
Over here (Sweden) all
That does depend on the design of lampholder.
bulbs are ES and all holders have an insulating
exterior. If you remove the
Ove rhere were do get brass-cased lampholders, and Iv'e seen both ES and
BC ones. In the former case, the housing was insulated from the lamp cap,
of course. I beleive the regulatuons require the cassing of such
lampholders to be earthed (certainly all the reputable makes hve earth
terminals, and I always use them). However, the cap of a BC bulb fdoes
not ahve to be earthed if it's used fitted in an insualted lampholder
The bulbs don't wobble about in an ES holder, IIRC
they do in a bayonet
True, but that is not a major problem...
holder. The French use bayonet holders and that IMO
says a lot about that
type of holder.
Hmmm... All I will say is that I maintained my father's Citroen car for
13 years. I therefore have a great love of (some) French engineering.
IIRC the Pascaline was French....
-tony