Sell or make a lamp?
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lensmansteve
Kona Fan
Apologies, but there's not much that's both super and fat. I'm super skinny, but I don't have tattoos that boast about it..
Anyway, what LGF said about our mains is of course right. The third conductor is straight to earth, usually to a nearby earth spike. Do you use RCCBs? If not, a metallic lamp could be a danger (as if there's not enough of that around already..) Worth the danger anyway, and yes I see the remote switch..
Anyway, what LGF said about our mains is of course right. The third conductor is straight to earth, usually to a nearby earth spike. Do you use RCCBs? If not, a metallic lamp could be a danger (as if there's not enough of that around already..) Worth the danger anyway, and yes I see the remote switch..
lensmansteve":3icol9po said:
Lamps are two wire, no “earth ground”... stuff with earth grounds are dangerous stuff that pull max amps on circuit. Like Saws and the like. The 110 2 wire lamps usually aren’t dangerous Even if they short out. Wires usually melt on inside of case, puffs smoke or trips breaker. Light fixtures hardwired into the wall have the extra ground... they’re dangerous if something goes haywire
lensmansteve
Kona Fan
Stop, you're giving me nightmares with your tales of smouldering wires, I can almost smell the burning insulation..
Have you seen the David Lynch film Eraserhead? There's much amiss in the wiring of the apartment block in that too..
Have you seen the David Lynch film Eraserhead? There's much amiss in the wiring of the apartment block in that too..
lensmansteve
Kona Fan
Yus. Re the lightning strike, a good earth spike and associated wiring might have saved the lamp, and a fair bit of damage generally. Maybe not. The house opposite mine got struck a few years ago. It knocked over the chimney stack, and a few tons of brick fell through the house. No serious injuries - lucky lucky..
