Light sockets

I attended a NAPIT “code breaker” session at an exhibition a little before C19 hit us. They showed a series of PowerPoint pics and asked the audience to ascribe a code to what they saw. One was a pendant hanging from a ceiling rose where some 25mm of the inner cores of the pendant were exposed. As far as NAPIT was concerned, the situation was worthy of a Code 2 as it was potentially dangerous. So I asked, what Mr Whaley asked in his OP. A little flustered, the presenter parried with the contention that the lamp holder, which was minus lamp, complied with BS7671 2018 so therefore could not be considered dangerous. I countered with a personal experience of 3 separate incidents where ordinary persons had received a significant shock from the contacts of lamp holders. None were reported and I suspect that is the case for most such occurrences. So no evidence of issues allows this anomaly to persist.

I attended a NAPIT “code breaker” session at an exhibition a little before C19 hit us. They showed a series of PowerPoint pics and asked the audience to ascribe a code to what they saw. One was a pendant hanging from a ceiling rose where some 25mm of the inner cores of the pendant were exposed. As far as NAPIT was concerned, the situation was worthy of a Code 2 as it was potentially dangerous. So I asked, what Mr Whaley asked in his OP. A little flustered, the presenter parried with the contention that the lamp holder, which was minus lamp, complied with BS7671 2018 so therefore could not be considered dangerous. I countered with a personal experience of 3 separate incidents where ordinary persons had received a significant shock from the contacts of lamp holders. None were reported and I suspect that is the case for most such occurrences. So no evidence of issues allows this anomaly to persist.