Dangerous light bulbs

meer53

Why would you need to touch a lightbulb which was on ??

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meer53 wrote: »

Why would you need to touch a lightbulb which was on ??

The question is why would you need to not touch it. People don't expect live parts to be exposed.

shaun_from_Africa

jack_pott wrote: »

The question is why would you need to not touch it.

Common sense.
There is normally no need to touch a bulb when it is turned on, and even though it should be harmless when touched, any electrical item has the potential to fail at any time and this failure could be a breakdown of the insulation, water ingress etc.


Items made or sold in the UK should be manufactured to a good enough standard so as to prevent people getting electric shocks, but even then, I certainly wouldn't want to change a lightbulb that is running on 240 volts whilst I'm perched up a ladder unless there was no other option.

mattyprice4004

Why on earth would you touch a light bulb that's turned on? :eek:

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shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

There is normally no need to touch a bulb when it is turned on

There is normally no need to not touch a bulb when it is turned on, and if people are used to that idea, they might not think twice before treating these bulbs the same way.

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mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Why on earth would you touch a light bulb that's turned on? :eek:

Obvious really, because if you have a dead bulb, and a two way switch you can't tell whether it's on or off until the new bulb is inserted. People don't want to have to switch off at the consumer unit, and then have to go around the house resetting clocks etc.

shaun_from_Africa

jack_pott wrote: »

Obvious really, because if you have a dead bulb, and a two way switch you can't tell whether it's on or off until the new bulb is inserted. People don't want to have to switch off at the consumer unit, and then have to go around the house resetting clocks etc.

It is possible to tell whether the light should be on or off. All you have to do is to have both switches in the off position and the light fitting will no longer be powered, and why on earth would you want to switch off the entire household electrics? Why not just trip the lighting circuit?

In the unusual situation that for some reason you don't know the off positions for your own light switches and have to remove the bulb, this would then bring up the odd occurrence that I mentioned in my earlier post.

There is normally no need to touch a bulb when it is turned on

unless there was no other option.

Stonker

I don't want to get too involved in the 'why do you need to touch it argument'. It's not really relevant.


I actually bought 4 different types of bulbs. The supplier has now said they will refund for the offending bulb but appear to be still selling it (http://www.lightinthebox.com/b22-16w-86x5050smd-6000k-cool-white-light-led-corn-bulb-220v_p796224.html?utm_campaign=cartcross)


They assure me that the other bulbs are safe. I have asked them how they know and they tell me they have CE approval. I find this odd as there are no CE marks on them. I have gone back and asked them to tell me who tested them. Should I be asking fore copies of certificates or anything?


I would like to find out whether there are any similar approval standards in China

Stonker

I've also noticed that this item is 'fulfilled from our European Warehouse' That being the case, surely I am then not the importer

wealdroam

Stonker wrote: »

I would like to find out whether there are any similar approval standards in China

Then you'll need to ask the Chinese authorities.

Have you looked around for a Chinese equivalent of moneysavingexpert.com that may be able to help you with that?