Hi,
A friend has heat lamp in his stable for the animals in winter. The lamp is a screw in type fitting on a pendant cord.
He said, for whatever reason, he touched the bulb whilst it was on but in the process also touched the metal threaded bit on the cap and got a tingle from it (as it is not completely shrouded by the fitting).
I have not seen the bulb but I assume its the type where the live is the contact to the top of the bulb and the neutral is connected via the cap casing.
If this were to be the case, should touching the neutral cause a shock as there is obviously current and voltage passing through?
Just wondered as I thought the neutral was meant to be at the same potential as earth? i.e. 0V
For reference both neutral and earth are provided from the electricity company’s feed.
Thanks.
A friend has heat lamp in his stable for the animals in winter. The lamp is a screw in type fitting on a pendant cord.
He said, for whatever reason, he touched the bulb whilst it was on but in the process also touched the metal threaded bit on the cap and got a tingle from it (as it is not completely shrouded by the fitting).
I have not seen the bulb but I assume its the type where the live is the contact to the top of the bulb and the neutral is connected via the cap casing.
If this were to be the case, should touching the neutral cause a shock as there is obviously current and voltage passing through?
Just wondered as I thought the neutral was meant to be at the same potential as earth? i.e. 0V
For reference both neutral and earth are provided from the electricity company’s feed.
Thanks.