I personally have never felt a "tingle" when I touched a lamp. On a properly wired lamp neither the neutral nor the hot is in contact with any exposed metal parts. Furthermore, the neutral is supposed to be connected to the bulb socket's screw threads, not the contact at the bottom of the socket.
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL N30 07.68 W081 38.47 > [Original Message] > From: Eric T. <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/9/2010 2:44:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] GALVANIC ISOLATOR > > Just plug any lamp qith a 2 wire cord (actually called 'lamp cord!) into a > power source that does NOT have neutral connected to ground and the "tingle" > you get when you touch the metal parts of the lamp will convince you that it > is A SAFETY ISSUE. > tHE NEUTRAL LINE IS COMMONLY CONSIDERRED TO BE NEAR GROUND POTENTIAL. > bAD DESIGN? > yEP. > cOMMON? > yEP! > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
