A fire in a bach resulted from this illegal light fitting (top). Completely defying safe practice, the occupant used a bayonet plug on an extension cord to
provide power to one of the battenholders, which was connected to the other to act as a socket tor a light. Removed from use at a
building site by an electrical inspector, this section (bottom) of a 400-volt, three-phase extension cable shows why it was impounded before it managed to kill any workmen.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34146, 6 May 1976, Page 14
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