My first belt was at the age of about 8. There was a bed light, which was clipped to the headboard, and which had a switch dangling from the end of a bit of cable. The alarm went off, I reached up to turn on lamp, but the switch had fallen off in the night, so I grabbed the live cable. By God, I have never before or since jumped out of bed so quickly! ?
As far as BC lamp holders are concerned, MK make "shockguard" batten and pendant lampholders, but they do require quite a lot of torque to insert a lamp - it makes me worry that the globe will break off the metal bit. However, we must all be familiar with the usual BC lampholders on table and standard lamps which are screwed on to a ferrule, but which undo when one attempts to remove the lamp. Time for a redesign?
My first belt was at the age of about 8. There was a bed light, which was clipped to the headboard, and which had a switch dangling from the end of a bit of cable. The alarm went off, I reached up to turn on lamp, but the switch had fallen off in the night, so I grabbed the live cable. By God, I have never before or since jumped out of bed so quickly! ?
As far as BC lamp holders are concerned, MK make "shockguard" batten and pendant lampholders, but they do require quite a lot of torque to insert a lamp - it makes me worry that the globe will break off the metal bit. However, we must all be familiar with the usual BC lampholders on table and standard lamps which are screwed on to a ferrule, but which undo when one attempts to remove the lamp. Time for a redesign?
