[Shop-talk] Should I ground a floor lamp?

[Randall]

> I'm rewiring an old lamp and the engineer in me says I should ground the
> frame in case the socket goes awry. There's currently no conductivity
> between the neutral part of the socket and the frame/pole (isolated by a
> cardboard sleeve), so if the hot touches the frame it will become hot.
> 
> Paranoid or common sense? Any reason not to?

Only reason not to IMO would be if you still have a 2 prong outlet or
extension cord somewhere.

Randall