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Smart switch alexa is does it count
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So looking through regs items need to be switched to be controlled. So does an Alexa for type switch count. If you run a normal switch then add Alexa bulb say at some point someone will turn off the switch and the item will over time deprogramme. Therefore you could short back of switch giving constant power and solving problem but is that within the regs?
Unless you are very ham fisted and / or the lamp breaks, there is normally no need to touch potentially live metal parts while 'changing the bulb', and unless you are very slow, there is plenty of time to get it fully clicked home between it lighting in your hand and becoming too hot to hold. It is of course not the official and correct answer, but I'm sure this is what happens in reality outside the rarefied atmosphere of examination rooms and standardisation meetings.
Broken lamps and quartz halogen linear lamps I will agree need a bit more thought.
There are also some nasty open face LED lamps, where the illumination surface is actually at a near live potential, and I have heard of folk being bitten by them, the fact they are not CE compliant does not magically make them disappear from the internet market and boot sales. Perhaps one should consider what could happen if one is fitted.
Unless you are very ham fisted and / or the lamp breaks, there is normally no need to touch potentially live metal parts while 'changing the bulb', and unless you are very slow, there is plenty of time to get it fully clicked home between it lighting in your hand and becoming too hot to hold. It is of course not the official and correct answer, but I'm sure this is what happens in reality outside the rarefied atmosphere of examination rooms and standardisation meetings.
Broken lamps and quartz halogen linear lamps I will agree need a bit more thought.
There are also some nasty open face LED lamps, where the illumination surface is actually at a near live potential, and I have heard of folk being bitten by them, the fact they are not CE compliant does not magically make them disappear from the internet market and boot sales. Perhaps one should consider what could happen if one is fitted.
