I have recently been told that bayonet lamp fittings are to be phased out over the next few years 'because they are less safe than ES fittings' according to the guy who told me.
he said it's because you could touch both contacts at once in a bayonet fitting.
When I pointed out the same applied to ES fittings, plus there was the chance of the whole lamp cap becoming live if the connections were reversed, he was still adamant that ES fittings would be the only fittings available in the future.
I can see manufacturers preferring ES for the lower component count in the fitting, but I would think there is probably little to choose between them safety-wise.
He was adamant that nobody will be able to buy a BC or SBC lamp by 2012.
I remember hearing that GLS and TH lamps may soon become a curiosity because of their relative inefficiency, and that new lamp holders may be designed specifically not to accept tungsten filament lamps, but nothing about scrapping bayonet fittings in preference for ES.
The guy who told me is NEVER wrong (I know that, because he told me that as well), but I wouldn't trust him to service a wheelbarrow
Anyone else heard of this?
he said it's because you could touch both contacts at once in a bayonet fitting.
When I pointed out the same applied to ES fittings, plus there was the chance of the whole lamp cap becoming live if the connections were reversed, he was still adamant that ES fittings would be the only fittings available in the future.
I can see manufacturers preferring ES for the lower component count in the fitting, but I would think there is probably little to choose between them safety-wise.
He was adamant that nobody will be able to buy a BC or SBC lamp by 2012.
I remember hearing that GLS and TH lamps may soon become a curiosity because of their relative inefficiency, and that new lamp holders may be designed specifically not to accept tungsten filament lamps, but nothing about scrapping bayonet fittings in preference for ES.
The guy who told me is NEVER wrong (I know that, because he told me that as well), but I wouldn't trust him to service a wheelbarrow
Anyone else heard of this?