Light sockets

mapj1:

Indeed so. But the standard for lamp holders is not the responsibility of the same folk who write the regs.


You can get more expensive lamp holders that have dead pins when the bulb is removed, but most of the ones out there are not finger proof,and the safety ones are not mandatory.


I suspect it is history,  you would not dare do it now, but you can because it has been OK, demonstrably,  for years.

Similarly, if cars did not exist and we went to the Health and Safety folk to review a proposal for a new personal transporter  that had 25kV sparks, a hot exhaust and enough volatile fuel to put the driver into orbit stored in a single skin tank 4 inches above the road, you'd not get very far either.. But the main cause of accidents is not any of that, its concentration, or lack of.

Mike.

Whose responsibility is it.


I was once reluctantly made responsible for PAT testing in my workplace.  After I had condemned 20 plus reading lamps - including the bosses very expensive designer model - for having live parts accessible without tools they took me of the job


As for cars:  they have been continually upgraded for increased safety over the years whereas Edison or Bayonet themselves would recognize a modermr lampholder

mapj1:

Indeed so. But the standard for lamp holders is not the responsibility of the same folk who write the regs.


You can get more expensive lamp holders that have dead pins when the bulb is removed, but most of the ones out there are not finger proof,and the safety ones are not mandatory.


I suspect it is history,  you would not dare do it now, but you can because it has been OK, demonstrably,  for years.

Similarly, if cars did not exist and we went to the Health and Safety folk to review a proposal for a new personal transporter  that had 25kV sparks, a hot exhaust and enough volatile fuel to put the driver into orbit stored in a single skin tank 4 inches above the road, you'd not get very far either.. But the main cause of accidents is not any of that, its concentration, or lack of.

Mike.

Whose responsibility is it.


I was once reluctantly made responsible for PAT testing in my workplace.  After I had condemned 20 plus reading lamps - including the bosses very expensive designer model - for having live parts accessible without tools they took me of the job


As for cars:  they have been continually upgraded for increased safety over the years whereas Edison or Bayonet themselves would recognize a modermr lampholder