Communal lighting

Leesparkykent · Apr 7, 2015

looking for opinions on decent communal light fittings for hallways/stairwells in blocks of flats with built in sensor.
I like the Steinel 1m-8m Reach RS 100 L Round Sensor Light, just a bit on the pricey side though (some places want around £100 each)

dcelectrical · Apr 7, 2015

What ever you do, do not use NVC lighting - they are a nightmare

Leesparkykent · Apr 7, 2015

dcelectrical said:
What ever you do, do not use NVC lighting - they are a nightmare

just googled them, are they that bad then?

Brightspark2 · Apr 7, 2015

I wouldn't recommend NVC myself either. Carp.

Steinel are good but pricey as you say. Have a look at ansel.

Get your wholesaler to do the hard work for you, tell them what you want and get them send over prices and details.

Leesparkykent · Apr 7, 2015

Brightspark2 said:
I wouldn't recommend NVC myself either. Carp.

Steinel are good but pricey as you say. Have a look at ansel.

Get your wholesaler to do the hard work for you, tell them what you want and get them send over prices and details.

Yeah I've got them on the case just wanted a few opinions as don't want to end up with tat. You know what they can be like sometimes if they have a good margin on a particular range etc.

dcelectrical · Apr 7, 2015

got a whole estate that was client specified firstly the fittings are shallow with the control gear centered and the cable entry centred, trying to work in 2 t and e cables was a bloomin nightmare, after install have had nothing but nightmares with the sensors, whatever you like the look of buy 1 and look at the install possibilities as well as the performance.

123 · Apr 7, 2015

Leesparkykent said:
just googled them, are they that bad then?

A product so bad CEF didn't want to keep it and YES now have it lol!

Engineer54 · Apr 8, 2015

dcelectrical said:
got a whole estate that was client specified firstly the fittings are shallow with the control gear centered and the cable entry centred, trying to work in 2 t and e cables was a bloomin nightmare, after install have had nothing but nightmares with the sensors, whatever you like the look of buy 1 and look at the install possibilities as well as the performance.

Never have come across a decent sensor that lasts more than a year, we avoid such systems like the plague!!

ImpededLoop · Apr 8, 2015

Have a look at Danlers: http://www.danlers.co.uk/

Or if you're buying new luminaires, many now offer internal PIR's as an option.

tazz · Apr 8, 2015

We use opals from This company in nursing home corridors, which match the EM fitting they make to suit....so all looks neat and tidy. I personally would use separate pir to bring on more units in banks, but they do make an internal sensor model.
https://www.simplelighting.co.uk/2d...ces-28w-meridian-lunaled2d14-12750/?taxMode=1