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Light sockets

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Something that has puzzled me for years.


Bayonet cap and Edison screw light bulbs can be removed without tools thus exposing potentially live terminals and presenting a distinct shock hazard.  made worse by the fact that you often need to stand on a chair to remove the bulb.   There are millions of these installed yet the regs seem quite happy with the situation.
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    dcbwhaley:


    Neither type is meant to be used on more than 250 volts.

     


    Even though the new harmonized voltage permit supplies up to 253 volts




    I suspect that they mean a NOMINAL 250 volts.

    I must admit that I have used on a standard UK mains supply, switches marked "240 volts AC" Even when the the supply voltage was 245 volts at the time of installation.


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    dcbwhaley:


    Neither type is meant to be used on more than 250 volts.

     


    Even though the new harmonized voltage permit supplies up to 253 volts




    I suspect that they mean a NOMINAL 250 volts.

    I must admit that I have used on a standard UK mains supply, switches marked "240 volts AC" Even when the the supply voltage was 245 volts at the time of installation.


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