Are these light socket splitters considered safe to use?

I had a couple of these in my previous house in the basement with 3 each 9W LED bulbs on each. The base itself and the bases of the bulbs seemed to get pretty hot after a while so I wasn’t sure if these were really safe to use?

I was thinking of getting some more for my basement in my current house as I had left the ones in place at the old place we sold.

This is what I’m referring to:

They are UL Tested and Approved I assume? If so you should be good to go as long as you don't over lamp them. IF it says 60w max get same equivalent. Older LEDs got a lot hotter than the newer ones so you will likely not experience the same heat that you were previously.

Socket should be good for 60 or 100 watts, so keep it under that and you should be fine. Three LED bulbs would be way under its limit.

If made by a reputable company and used with LED, no problem.

Keyless sockets (the hard wired porcelain fixture that's already there) are typically rated for 600W. You won't even come close to that.

I would think yes, just don't cover them with a diffuser or lense/globe. Especially if using the incandescent or halogen variety.

Using new LEDs shouldn't be an issue.

I'm wondering the same thing....saw one advertised on tv that had 6 sockets,, doesn't that draw 720 volts???

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Originally posted by roarindan:
I'm wondering the same thing....saw one advertised on tv that had 6 sockets,, doesn't that draw 720 volts???

Nope. The voltage is constant. It will draw more amps according to the load. LED is low. Also, the wiring is ultimately protected by the breaker

I did one of these in a dark corner of the unfinished side of my basement and it lights it up like you have several shop lights in there. I would be shocked if you need more light than this. More expensive but it will last you the rest of your life.

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I have two 1 -> 2 Y's in my garage with 100w LEDs, each device pulls 28w for 200w equivalent light output, and have been using them for two years. No issues, and they do not have much heat, can touch them with a bare hand. Even a 60w incandescent was too hot to touch.

At the risk of sounding overly cautious, you might want to grab Mr. Fluke and ensure that whichever unit you choose is wired correctly internally. Each additional threaded socket you put in play is another chance for you to get knocked off the ladder if everything is not perfect internally and you get a little careless handling the lamps.

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Originally posted by shiftyvtec:
I would think yes, just don't cover them with a diffuser or lense/globe. Especially if using the incandescent or halogen variety.

You have that backwards. Incandescent is fine in fully/totally enclosed fixtures. If you take the time to read the warnings printed right on LED lamps, 90% of them say "not for use in fully enclosed fixtures".

The reason for this is that incandescent lamps have no sensitive electronics in them, just a filament, the LEDs have a circuit board and driver that overheats and ruins the bulbs really quickly.

Whenever you see the LEDs out in public that are strobing or are off, the driver has failed. If you are using LEDs in an enclosed fixture, especially one with more than one lamp you are wasting money as there is now way the lamp will last 22 years like they print on the box.