Re: Lamp adapter query.
Yes, it was common practice in bedsits and the like to only meter power sockets and not the lighting.
Sometimes this was done for simplicity, in other cases regulations required non metered lighting to avoid danger when the meter ran out.
Decades ago, I knew the landlord of numerous such properties, and was given the job of fitting 1 amp fuses to lighting circuits to limit misuse of the lamp sockets.
More recently I advised on the wiring of a block of bedsits, the lighting consisted of 2 pin CFLs in pendant holders, with remote ballasts. Almost impossible to obtain significant free electricity.
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