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Old 12-22-2004, 05:54 PM   #15 (permalink)
flat5
Very Insignificant Pawn
 
Location: Amsterdam, NL
Sorry if I made you feel bad. I see how you can take it personally.
A Little knowledge is dangerous in electricty.

"especially in lamps, where there is a safety hazard if the barrel of the bulb holder is "hot".

True. However you are supposed to unplug the lamp first :-)
If you mean ceiling fixtures, that could be a problem.

I have worked in an electronic lab that had ground faults.
It was possible to hook up test equipment from different benches
that would cause problems.

When I was a kid I used to work on electronic stuff, without shoes, in the garage
(cement floor) in the summer. I quickly learned to ground equipment with a wire to a steel pipe driven into the earth.

Again, I'm sorry. I was trying to be cute and ironical.
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