OK, The fossette sort of does still apply. The circuit requires pressure to the fossette but to form a circuit it also requires a drain. this is sort of analogous to the live and the neutral.
Be that as it may, there will be a live and a neutral one each to the bottom of the bulb socket, the other to the threaded rim. because the circuit is broken when the switch is off you could safely ram your finger into the socket where the tip is touching the bottom of the socket and the threads along the edge at the same time and you can't get a shock.If the switch is on then electricity will flow from the bottom of the socket through your finger and out through the threaded side of the socket. The ground doesn't come into it unless you remove the fixture and also touch the electrical box or if you stick another finger onto any screws holding the fixture into the electrical box. Even so, the switch would have to be wired incorrectly and you would have to have your finger onto the bottom of the socket and to one of the screws holding the fixture into place. All of this could be arranged with some trouble for sure but none of it matters if the switch is turned off.. Usually the neutral would not be the line broken however that doesn't matter. provided you don't go to a lot of trouble to get your fingers among the wires inside the box in the ceiling. Of course nothing is absolutely impossible but if this is still of concern I recommend against getting out of bed in the morning. The main risk is now from shards of glass. wear safety glasses and probably leather gloves. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Engebretson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:15 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs > The faucet analogy doesn't make sense to me. A pipe feeding the faucet > either > has pressure or it doesn't. > > Light bulbs, on the other hand, have two wires leading to their plugs. > One hot > and one neutral. I've always heard that the neutral is the wire that is > broken > when a switch is thrown. > > Either way, if the electrician wired it so the neutral is the wire that is > broken when the switch is thrown, then the hot would still be active. If > the > hot and anything grounded touched, there would be sparks, right? > > Thanks, > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of Jay Williams > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs > > > Nothing will happen if the switch is off! It disconnects the hot side so > what's there to spark? Remember, the switch comes *before the light bulb > so > anything you do at the location of the bult is safe. Think of the fawcet > on > your washbasin. If you turn off the valve that's before the fawcet on the > intake pipe, than you can remove the fawcet and no water will gush. If > there's no valve right there, than you would turn off the valve for the > whole mains. Same here, if the only way to turn off these lights is to > throw > the main switch, than that's what you'd have to do. > Jay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Engebretson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:07 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs > > >> Oh boy, sounds scary. If I touch the outside at the same time as the > inside, >> will it spark and possibly blow a fuse? >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On >> Behalf Of Bill Gallik >> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:02 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs >> >> >> Take an electrical needle nose pliers and just latch onto the inside of > the >> broken bulb. 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