Althjough only one product seems to be on offer, the photos in the Amazon listing (click here) appear to show two variants - one with a pull switch and the other with a cable coming out of that hole with an in-line switch and a plug (in one illustration a 2-pin plug). All are 'wall lights'.
It definitely is not correct. As you must know it is yourself, the listing indicates that it is metal, and it is clear from your photo that it is not 'double insulated' - so it must have an earth, regardless of how electricity is supplied to it ('plugged in' or 'hardwired').
True - I think the exclamation mark at the end of blup's statement was probably meant to indicate that he found the suggestion to be 'extraordinary'/worrying/dangerous !Agreed, sorry, just that Blup's comment seemed to suggest otherwise... I am guessing it was maybe sarcasm, that doesn't always come across in a forum post!
Oh yeah, thanks.
There's obviously no reason why there has to be flex coming out of the hole - they could be 'conventionally hard-wired. Indeed, most of the illustrations (including, obviously, all those showing a pull switch) do not show a visible flex supply.
The Amazon listing certainly says so, but I see no UL marking on the label of the OP's item. It does have a CE marking of some sort, be it 'real' or otherwise (but that only relates to 'self-certification', anyway).
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