Help please.... made a cock up !!

[sythai]

Recently fitted a 3 x 4ft fluros - anti corrosive/IP rated, in a pub kitchen.

Didn't even think about heat dissipation - stupid me.

The one that is nearest to the cooking area has now become brittle and has come off its fixings.

So went back to the wholesaler and it's only rated up to 25 degrees, apparently this goes for most of the other decent makes like fitzgerald etc ? Is that right.

So what they've quoted me for is a fitting that is rated up to 55degrees, and apparently its explosion proof. It's a make called Hil Clare @ £120+vat.

Bit of an expensive mistake on my behalf.

Anyone else had a problem like this before ?

And are there any other cheaper makes that are also rated up to a higher temp ?

Many Thanks,

Sy

 

[Darkwood]

Never heard o this. I've fitted quite a few, same thing, penny washers and 8s screw. Or mounted onto conduit boxes with M4s. Never in hot areas though, and haven't heard of them failing. Also fitted them onto lighting trunking using 20mm bush and lock ring, again, still up years later, 5 foot emergency doubles too.

Interesting thread though. Now I know what those metal clips are for that I just throw away with all the other 'bits you don't need! except the spare blank grommet. Keep those for all the metal clad boxes I knock out the wrong way!

i went through 3 brands different wholesalers and all came with same warnings, including 'Not suitable for lighting trunking!', if it contained a bracket as you suggested then this is the only way for surface mounting them and im confident you've mounted them incorrectly, If you get chance just drop the tray out from inside a few and look for cracks developing from your mounting points, if you see them then you've got problem with them all, they starting putting the warning on yrs ago when they kept falling down from lighting trunking etc and also when fixed flat to ceiling without brackets.
If you can remember the make etc go online for fitting instructions and browse them, i not trying to throw panic about here but i know several wholesalers have between them had hundreds returned in my local area so obviously a big problem, with the reg's backing up now that manufacturers recommendations should be taking into account when installing it leaves anyone falling foul of this with a hole in the pocket at minimum and a health and safety investigation at worse.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

i went through 3 brands different wholesalers and all came with same warnings, including 'Not suitable for lighting trunking!', if it contained a bracket as you suggested then this is the only way for surface mounting them and im confident you've mounted them incorrectly, If you get chance just drop the tray out from inside a few and look for cracks developing from your mounting points, if you see them then you've got problem with them all, they starting putting the warning on yrs ago when they kept falling down from lighting trunking etc and also when fixed flat to ceiling without brackets.
If you can remember the make etc go online for fitting instructions and browse them, i not trying to throw panic about here but i know several wholesalers have between them had hundreds returned in my local area so obviously a big problem, with the reg's backing up now that manufacturers recommendations should be taking into account when installing it leaves anyone falling foul of this with a hole in the pocket at minimum and a health and safety investigation at worse.

Joys of working under instruction from a very competent sparky on the books for a firm = not my problem. Will fit them differently in the future though.

 

[Darkwood]

Yep see your point but guess who will get the blame for not reading the distruction leaflet but at least your aware now and maybe get one up on him next time you fit them.