Re: Transformer safety?
I realise the thread has drifted away from 'transformer safety' to general electrical safety but here is a picture of the electric fire I declined to fit a new mains lead to.
There is no switch and the mains lead goes straight to the element. There is minimal guarding over the bare element which is easily accessible with a finger.
It would be perfectly feasible for it to be plugged in to a single pole mains socket with live and neutral reversed. The heater would be off but the element would still be live!
The ceramic casing which contains the spirals is also cracked in half.
So my own view was I would not be happy for 'normal' non electrically aware people to be using it.
Cheers
Nick
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