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whiteflour

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In the US it's usually just high amperage devices, motors, and 220 devices that are grounded, but I'm not sure the actual code on it.

The ground on a simple circuit like lights is just kind of redundant. Unless you were to wire it poorly in the first place it shouldn't ever have a purpose. It's just the point of human contact that really requires a ground, and if you stick your finger in a light socket the ground circuit won't help.
 

chainseeker

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Whiteflour, I totally agree, but I think his r 220 so is it still cool to go without the ground? After all it's still just a small lighting system. Also I meant to say if his sockets that he bought have a ground why not use it.
 

whiteflour

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It really just depends on the code there. But considering some of the European wiring jobs I've seen in photos, and the older infrastructure they have, there may very well be good logic to require a ground on everything. Redundancy isn't a bad thing at all .... it just gets expensive.

I agree though if there's a place for a ground you should use it. From a US perspective though with a socket rated for 15w I'd find it highly unlikely. That's barely even a tenth of amp at 220. You should burn out the socket before it could cause too much physical harm.
 
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