Re: Question about reversed-polarity in an AC outlet

From: Zak (jute_at_zak.invalid)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:58:26 +0100

Bob Myers wrote:

> It's not a matter of "putting your fingers in the socket"; when
> unscrewing a bulb, there will be a time when the threaded side
> of the bulb's base will be both (a) exposed and (b) still in
> contact with the side of the socket. It would be a Really
> Good Thing if the live side of the connection (which is
> SUPPOSED to be at the contact to the bulb tip, not the
> side) were disconnected before that happens, don't you think?

Euro sockets have a side contact that is separate from teh treads. It is
all the way in the base, touching the threaded metal part from the end,
not the side. Are USian sockets different?

Thomas

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