for my lighting fixture project i needed to attach a bulb to a light socket so that it could stand up. i'm sure i wired it correctly but it wouldn't light up. i decided to test if the wires were actually working so i took them out of the light socket and attached them to the bulb itself. it exploded and i almost died. the end.
omgg i spent the entire day traveling to and from manhattan to buy different sockets when the real problem was that the outlet i used was bad