Ok so you save what $100.00 on the purchase? You ever see someone tossed across a room cause of faulty wiring? The black fingers ad a nice touch to the overall effect also. If it says it needs to be grounded , then it needs it.

• A small amount of electrical current can cause injury, even death
  • The current from a 7.5-watt, 120-volt lamp, passing across the chest, is enough to cause fatal electrocution
• Deaths from 120 volts represent about 12 percent of all electrocutions