I don’t have a bulb for my ceiling fan but it has a glass cover. Is that safe? The bulb popped and I haven’t got a new bulb yet and was wondering if the open socket would be safe.
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That is safe. The concern is if the socket is (a) uncovered and (b) within easy reach. You indicated it has a glass cover and ceiling fans are generally not within easy reach. Don't worry about it, unless it is the only light in the room - and then the concern is safety if someone walks into the room at night, not about the empty socket.
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If it isn't where someone will stick their finger or other object into the open socket, it's entirely safe. To make it even safer, leave the old bulb in place until you get the new one.
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If you removed all the bulb remains from the bulb socket, you should have no fire or circuit short risk.
The main concern here is to how acessible this socket is and how prone to accidents or curious the people living in your place are... For example, kids... They will stick their fingers everywhere and if the socket is easily acessible, you may have some problems there.
If your ceiling fan has some kind of dome in the light fixture, you will most likely not have any trouble.
Other than that, you should be fine.
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