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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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    Can you use an Edison screw in a bayonet socket? (just google Bulb with PIR Inside)


    Socket: Bayonet cap (BC) [B22] male to Edison screw (ES) [E27] female. This adaptor allows you to use a Edison screw light bulb in a bayonet lamp socket. Easy and simple to use; no need to change fittings. Just plug in original fitting and attach the light bulb

    I bought a couple of these at a local British supermarket because German supermarkets in this country nearly all have a pile of unbought Edison screw type bulbs for sale. Anyhow the ES type I wanted had a internal PIR , very good and it worked when you walked into a shed no need for a switch on and off, worked with the cat as well going in and out.  However you could insert the bayonet end the wrong way around which leave the edison screw live and my experements showed that when you screw out the bulb a few exposed threads are live before it disconnects ,(it was inserted the wrong way around in the BC lampholder)


    www.google.com/search GBGB863GB863&oq=bulb+with+pir+inside&aqs=chrome..69i57.15976j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

    jcm



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    Can you use an Edison screw in a bayonet socket? (just google Bulb with PIR Inside)


    Socket: Bayonet cap (BC) [B22] male to Edison screw (ES) [E27] female. This adaptor allows you to use a Edison screw light bulb in a bayonet lamp socket. Easy and simple to use; no need to change fittings. Just plug in original fitting and attach the light bulb

    I bought a couple of these at a local British supermarket because German supermarkets in this country nearly all have a pile of unbought Edison screw type bulbs for sale. Anyhow the ES type I wanted had a internal PIR , very good and it worked when you walked into a shed no need for a switch on and off, worked with the cat as well going in and out.  However you could insert the bayonet end the wrong way around which leave the edison screw live and my experements showed that when you screw out the bulb a few exposed threads are live before it disconnects ,(it was inserted the wrong way around in the BC lampholder)


    www.google.com/search GBGB863GB863&oq=bulb+with+pir+inside&aqs=chrome..69i57.15976j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

    jcm



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