Anyone seen this symbol before?

[Marcus Vaughan]

Logo in the bottom right corner - looks like I shouldn’t be installing them in a home.

Also - 30 of them needed per lamp at 15w each - two lights (one already installed by customer) + other lights.
It’s right up close to maximum demand - even with diversity.....

Customer supplied lamps - time for a chat - but to put LED’s in will cost £££££

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

Thanks all.
Interesting.
I was close to the answer but it’s good to hear from elsewhere.
Customer is insisting I fit them.....
He says it’s on him....

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

It is a fridge light for sure. The clue was on the back of the box where there was a picture.

They could reduce their heating bills with one of those in each room.

Too right. I got close to the one the customer had installed to measure up. Reminded me of Benidorm.

 

[Squid]

It is a fridge light for sure. The clue was on the back of the box where there was a picture.



Too right. I got close to the one the customer had installed to measure up. Reminded me of Benidorm.

Customer has a mobility scooter as well and needs a charging point?

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

He also wants them dimmed.
So that’s 900 watts through a dimmer. I think they are rated to 600 Watts max.
In a 16mm box.
Oh dear.
Other than that a relatively straight foreward day!

 

[ipf]

Thanks all.
Interesting.
I was close to the answer but it’s good to hear from elsewhere.
Customer is insisting I fit them.....
He says it’s on him....

Must have got them off Peckham market......

 

[Shoei]

He also wants them dimmed.
So that’s 900 watts through a dimmer. I think they are rated to 600 Watts max.
In a 16mm box.
Oh dear.
Other than that a relatively straight foreward day!

Tricky one, there were a few 1kW dimmers around but that would be a lot of LEDs, so they're mostly disappearing.

The Varilight HQ9W is rated at 1kW, MIs 'recommend' 25mm box so it might squeeze into 16mm, doubt it though.

This Amazon seller lists the HQ9W, here.

If your customer complains about fitting a deeper box a 10mm spacer would look tidy enough.

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

Tricky one, there were a few 1kW dimmers around but that would be a lot of LEDs, so they're mostly disappearing.

The Varilight HQ9W is rated at 1kW, MIs 'recommend' 25mm box so it might squeeze into 16mm, doubt it though.

This Amazon seller lists the HQ9W, here.

If your customer complains about fitting a deeper box a 10mm spacer would look tidy enough.

Thanks for that. Interesting.

I was going to fit a deeper box, in fact I've several to do on the house, and I hadn't really quoted for chasing back, and its all just been painted.

Trouble is the proposed dimmer switches are brass or chrome. Might look a bit naff with a spacer.

Pushing for LEDs though. He'd get his money back within a couple of years at the very most. I've just done a calculation for him.

 

[Shoei]

Thanks for that. Interesting.

I was going to fit a deeper box, in fact I've several to do on the house, and I hadn't really quoted for chasing back, and its all just been painted.

Trouble is the proposed dimmer switches are brass or chrome. Might look a bit naff with a spacer.

Pushing for LEDs though. He'd get his money back within a couple of years at the very most. I've just done a calculation for him.

You're right, LEDs would make sense, although otherwise you might get a steady stream of work replacing blown oven lamps.

Agree that a spacer wouldn't look good under a brass dimmer, just had another look and see that TLC stock the 1kW Varilight with a brass plate.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Since changing to LED's in all my fittings I have saved over £100.00 in two years in replacement costs alone, not sure on the electricity savings, but must be near the same, false economy to use any other type of bulb in a chandelier that big IMO.

 

[sparkdog]

Don't fit in a dog's kennel.

 

[gnuuser]

i would say probably for a fridge any larger wattage and the thermal shock from the lamp heating up and cooling off and it would shatter inside the fridge

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

i would say probably for a fridge any larger wattage and the thermal shock from the lamp heating up and cooling off and it would shatter inside the fridge

The lamps provided are designed to operate at zero degrees centigrade, according to the box.

 

[Michael Sands]

Maybe you could fit new dimmer to existing brass plate most can be dismantled from faceplates I’ve done it a couple of times

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

Maybe you could fit new dimmer to existing brass plate most can be dismantled from faceplates I’ve done it a couple of times

I think I know what you mean.
Just white plate switches there at the moment. Even some of the 16mm boxes actually look to be a bit proud if the surface.

Looks like I’m going in!

 

[Ian B]

A lot of high capacity dimmers required a metal faceplate to assist with heat dissipation so don't take a dimmer off a metal plate and fit to a plastic one.