In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I know the BC idea is supposedly safer as there is no connection to the
metal base of the bulb as there is with ES, but the ES ones also do not
spontaneously drop on your head due to failure of one of the bayonet
slots after 10 years being cooked by the bulb either.

If you wire the ES fitting correctly - line to centre contact - the metal
base on an ES would be just as safe to touch.

It's usually the plastic which breaks on an old BC holder. Really not sure
if ES would last any longer?

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Dave Plowman London SW
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