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   From: tim.downie@gmail.com   
      
   Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Surely not when they were wired is series? In a string of 20 bulbs there   
   would be at most 240/19 volts (I think).  Or are you suggesting that this   
   is the case when all the bulbs have gone short circuit?   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Always did it that way. Swapping all the bulbs sequentially with a new bulb   
   was the easiest way to find the duff one.   
      
   Tim   
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