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From what I read here, Americans have more respect for electrical wiring.

Not quite....

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There's something like this in the little bathroom in the laundry room in my apartment building.

There's a porcelain lampholder/fixture in the ceiling.

A screw-in plug adapter was inserted into the socket and a zip cord extension was draped across some pipes and terminated into a porcelain lampholder of the type used in table lamps and ceiling fans. You know the one with the little metal hickey and the exposed terminals! [Linked Image]

The reasoning was it makes the bulb easier to change without needing a ladder. The ceiling is about 15 feet high in there!!

At least Joe T.'s picture shows an enclosed phenolic lampholder in place. Although it seems like it got shattered and wrapped in tape... [Linked Image]

[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 02-05-2003).]