Questions:

1. Would you expect the arrangement described below in a domestic appliance
(Say a halogen bulb based desk lamp).

2. Would you expect it to meet regulatory standards?
(Bonus - what standards does or doesn't it meet. )

3. Is it safe?

4. Would you have such in your home?

5. Do you know f you have one?

*Appliance:*

Domestic market appliance.
12 VAC 2A+ iron core transformer
Assume transformer meets requlatory requirements for isolation etc  - ie
there are no short to mains or similar issues.
This is about the low voltage aspects.

12VAC accessible on extremely easily accessible largish area [tm] contacts.
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