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   On 07/10/2021 08:39, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:   
   > Yes, well, they were on sale in pound shops only 10 years ago and were   
   > frankly death traps.   
   >   Brian   
      
   Only if you either have very small fingers or a death wish and poke   
   wires into it whilst switched on. Modern ones for the last couple of   
   decades have all the lamps in insulated plastic plugs.   
      
   Old style screw ones had threaded brass at potentially mains voltage. In   
   theory it should blow the fuse bulb in the live line to isolate it but   
   that isn't always the case if plugs are incorrectly wired.   
      
   People changing bulbs with the mains still on deserve a Darwin Award.   
      
   --   
   Regards,   
   Martin Brown   
      
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