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<p>On 09 October 2015 at 00:03 Alf Sauve' via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:<br /><br /><br />Why can't you protect the light with the GFCI? Maybe they've had people <br />remove the bulb and try to stick their finger in the socket?<br /><br />It certainly would cut down on the calls to maintenance if they ran the <br />light direct. Wonder if it was a screw up by just one electrician, so <br />only certain rooms are this way, or if the whole building is that way?<br /></p>
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<p>It was the custom, back when, to run all sorts of things from lighting outlets. I remember my aunt doing her ironing from a light socket.<br /></p>
<p>It always strikes me as hazardous, since there was no earth connection, poor cable clamps (if any), and a limited current supply. But she survived it. Back in the 1940s and '50s, we were less beset by rules, or maybe just more ignorant.<br /></p>
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