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    Day light harvesting light fittings with motion sensor

    Can any one recommend a good light fitting like the Somar Eluma. A current project I'm looking at is to replace 175 x 400w metal halide high bay fittings in a warehouse. The somar Eluma has a programable sensor that detects presence and day light and switches/dims accordingly it also has an...
    • Leesparkykent
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    • fittings light light fittings motion sensor
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. M

    Red Arrow LFB55A modular light fittings

    Hi all, Long time no speak. I've not fitted these (Red Arrow LFB55A modular light fittings) before and am new to this type of lighting. I've received a whole lot of the Red Arrow LFB55A lights for an office refurb and have noticed that despite being the same model number, they're different...
  3. W

    Faulty Tridonic HF Ballasts?

    Hey, I've been a member for a few years and used this forum occasionally to answer or confirm electrical questions i've had in the past, but this is my first time posting my own thread. We recently had a job for a customer to install two 2x58W Cat2 HF Modular Surface fittings (Ansell I think)...
    • Westy-1
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    • ballasts fault faulty fittings lights supply
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. T

    T12 Fittings

    Hi chaps. The original request was wrong! I am after 5 x 8ft t8 fittings. A customer has purchased 8ft t8 LED fluorescents replacements not realising his existing fittings are 6ft. Anybody got a clue where i can still get 8ft fittings? I have been trawling ebay but no luck as of yet...
  5. A

    LED downlight - best option?

    Got a few jobs coming up (mostly bathrooms) requiring LED downlights. What are your preferences? Ive mainly used GU10 cans with retrofit lamps mostly due to cost in the past but dedicated fittings seem to be getting more reasonable now. I've used LEDhut lamps which were fine, Kosnic in my...
  6. Pete999

    Light fittings

    I think we all know just how much a pain fitting fancy light fittings that home owners have bought, "and could you pop around and fit them for me" A friend of mine had been burgled recently, and a right mess the scrots made of it, she had bought these fittings from a large very posh kitchen...
  7. F

    Led lighting

    Beginning to see and here lots of issues regarding led lighting in the commercial world . Now I no most people see the pay back on these LEDs and are not considering all the problems that they are causing struggling to maintain similar lumen output etc people sitting at there pcs now complaining...
  8. P

    fire rated fittings in a new build

    Hi been looking on old posts and one states Fire rated only required if another dwelling is above IE not same property or you break fire barrier in garage ? i went to property 3 years old! and everywhere was mains gu10 non fire rated no fire hoods Its just a 2 storey house but would this comply...
  9. driverman

    Small LED down lighting required

    Hi again. I've installed several Ovia Inceptor LED down lighters to house which is fine. Holes required 65mm (standard I suppose) What I'm looking for now is something similar for an alcove but a lot smaller. Customer has 2 x alcoves sited either side of double bed. Looking for something to...
    • driverman
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    • downlight downlights fittings led light lighting required small something
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. S

    Emergency Lighting Central battery system design

    Hi All, I am new to this site so be gentle please.... My question is this... I have been to an existing job which has 55 slave EMLs throughout the building. We are experiencing volt drop on the longer routes with the LED fitting, approx 40 lights. The LED fittings start to strobe as they hit...
    • stescott1
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    • batteries battery capacity central design emergency emergency lighting fittings lighting system testing voltage
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. U

    Leaving bulbs out of light fittings

    Hi all, i've heard that if you have say a four bulb light fitting and you leave one or multiple bulbs out this can cause the bulbs that are there to fail early because they draw more current. Is there any truth in this? Don't they draw a constant current no matter how many bulbs there are? I'm...
  12. S

    Lighting circuit - no CPC

    Alrite lads, I'm a commercial spark so don't do much domestic but a mate of mine asked me to Pop round and change a light fitting in his kitchen 5 min job, he had an old 6ft fluorescent which was shot and he has brought a new class 1 fitting. I remove the fitting and there's no CPC so I...
    • smity
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    • circuit class cpc dangerous fitting fittings lighting lighting circuit
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Advice needed on new light fittings

    Been to a job today to install 2 huge blinglight light fittings that look very expensive, not the kind you see in B&q etc. First light installed with no problems, glad to get it up om the ceiling because it looked like the slightest wrong move and something would break or fall off. The second...
    • davidjones89
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    • advice fittings light light fittings needed new
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Lighting circuit, no earth.

    Went to a little job before to replace 2 light fittings - both were metal, and on further inspection i saw the lighting circuit had no cpc. I told the customer it wouldn't be right to fit them - he didn't like that... a selection of things he said: " These regulations you speak about aren't...
    • golfpaul
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    • circuit earth fittings lighting lighting circuit no earth people
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. J

    Changing fluorescent tube fittings to pendant.

    Hi, I have removed 2 strip light fittings from the attic ceiling and would be most grateful if anyone could give some advice as to wiring some pendant fittings. The single wire seems straight forward but am not sure what to do with the double wires. Many thanks
    • janderson
    • Thread
    • changing fittings fluorescent pendant
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. A

    Fancy Light Fittings, Holding Them Up

    My customer today gave me three metal light fittings to install as replacements for existing roses. One had four heavy spot lamp housings for GU10's. Lesson learned, I have decided that next time I have one of these jobs I will rig up some kind of support wire from a screw in a joist to hold...
  17. S

    help with fridays work scenario

    Scenario There is a bank of 6 light fitting with two tubes in each (58w floursent T8 tubes controlled by one 2x58 watt ballast) they are plug connected in each fitting and each fitting is protected by a 3 amp fuse. The 6 fittings are fed from a canalist (sorry if this is not correct...
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    Individual pir fluorescent pir

    Hi guys Went to see a job today in a block of flats. It has 60 5ft fluorescent double tubes on 24/7. As you can imagine the owner had a heart attack when he got the bill. The stairways and entrances are to be kept on permanently but the lights leading to the flats he wants to be pir...
    • amo
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    • fitting fittings fluorescent lights pir sensors switching
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. B

    Moving some wall light fittings

    We've recently bought a new place, and there are 2 wall lights in symmetrical alcoves which we'd like to replace However on closer inspection i was pleased to find that the 2 lights are offset by about 10cm vertically (not so symmetrical, argh!) What i'd like to do is fit some new lights but...
    • beadyui
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    • fittings light light fittings moving wall
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  20. R

    8w emergency bulkhead fittings maintained/nonmaintained

    I have a large amount of new and unused T5 8w emergency bulk head fittings (around 100). These can be used as maintained or non maintained. £5 each plus postage. Also 10 emergency exit light boxs 8w T5 surface mounted new and unused £6 each plus post.
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