Timeline for How much weight can a light bulb socket hold?
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| Aug 13, 2017 at 5:58 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/896611927576727552 | ||
| Aug 9, 2017 at 9:13 | comment | added | Martin Bonner supports Monica | @AndyT: Oh yes! Of course. (And the lighting circuit earth will probably be continued to the luminaire if that is made of metal - but it still wont be present in the light bulb connector.) | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 9:10 | comment | added | AndyT | @MartinBonner - The lighting circuit may be earthed, but that earth only goes as far as the light fixture, it does not go to the light bulb. Any lightbulb-to-socket adapter would go into the light bulb connection and thus not be earthed. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 9:06 | comment | added | Martin Bonner supports Monica | @AndyT: Modern lighting circuits are earthed in the UK (certainly in 16th Edition of the IEEE regs, and possibly before that). Since 17th Edition, they even have RCD protection. "Light-bulb-to-wall-socket adaptors" used to be common - but they went out about the time rectangular pin sockets were introduced. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 2:11 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @ThreePhaseEel: us Brits are impeded in our understanding of your ways. Our plugs are the same whether earthed or not (if not then the third pin just isn't connected, but it still has to be there because our sockets won't accept the live pin unless the earth pin is inserted), and there's no such thing as an unearthed socket (barring, of course, the same kind of incompetence that would result in an ungrounded three-pin socket in the US). Or to be precise, the only unearthed sockets are shaver type. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 22:20 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @AndyT -- a grounded appliance won't plug into an ungrounded plug without an addapter, correct | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 19:39 | comment | added | Bob says reinstate Monica | @AndyT I think they used to be relatively fairly easy to come by in the UK. My Dad used to have one he used whenever he wanted to use anything electrical in the bathroom(!) | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 15:49 | comment | added | Patrick M | @AndyT At least those are clearly ungrounded, and you can tell by the lack of the 3rd pin. Take a look at these abominations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater_plug | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 13:12 | comment | added | AndyT | @ThreePhaseEel - It's quite safe for you, as you know that Class II is suitable for this adapter, and that the appliances you're plugging in are Class II. Do Class I appliances have a different plug? Or can someone plug a Class I appliance into the adapter? That said, almost every international plug adapter loses the ground connection, so is just as dangerous. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 13:07 | comment | added | Chris Cudmore | @AndyT - Many light duty devices don't use ground (e.g Lamps, radios, clocks, Cell phone chargers). The light socket - Wall adapter is most commonly used plug the Christmas lights into the porch light socket in December. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 12:49 | answer | added | Damon | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 11:38 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @AndyT -- I have a light-bulb to wall-socket adapter in my basement, and it's quite safe even though it isn't grounded as both the things plugged into it are Class II (i.e. double insulated) | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 8:55 | comment | added | AndyT | "light-bulb-to-wall-socket adapter"? The US is crazy! I've never heard of such a thing in the UK. Light bulb connectors don't have earth ("ground" for those across the pond). Lighting circuits (in the UK) aren't normally protected by RCDs either... (RCDs perform a similar function to GFCIs, but better/safer if I understand correctly. All new socket circuits in the UK are protected by RCD, older ones may not be.) | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 6:41 | answer | added | ArchonOSX | timeline score: 16 | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 4:20 | comment | added | Nick T | @HotLicks if you're in the 10+ lb range, I can only imagine them held on by a lamp shade harp. Very light shades can use clip-on holders, but they attach to the bulb glass and if it's more than a pound or so would just slide off. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 2:04 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Practically speaking, you see various lamp shades, etc, that weigh in the tens of pounds and which are supported entirely by the socket. | |
| Aug 7, 2017 at 20:53 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 7, 2017 at 18:48 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 7, 2017 at 18:47 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 21 | |
| Aug 7, 2017 at 18:28 | comment | added | isherwood | There probably isn't, and the actual capacity will vary by product, but most would probably hold between 10 and 50 lbs. before catastrophic failure. | |
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| Aug 7, 2017 at 18:24 | history | asked | Nic Redfield | CC BY-SA 3.0 |