Led floodlights

[TAZ]

Good evening everyone. Can anyone recommend good quality PIR led flood lights to replace a couple of old 500w pir halogens The wholesaler i use had some on display on the counter. I will admit they were a quality fitting but came with a quality price ( approx £ 149 + vat I am not looking for top of the range but something reliable & has the usual adjustments etc & give roughly the same kind of light output & colour temp as the old halogens, or if there is something else on the market that you might know would serve the same purpose. Kind regards TAZ

 

[Richard Burns]

I've been asked to put power to somebodies shed, and they want a light that is going to light up there garden/kennels. What would be the best/cheapest light for this? Would I be best off putting a separate PIR in at the entrance to his garden? As he wants the light to come on as he comes out the door so he can then see where he is walking to and around his kennels

Best is dependent on what the customer wants, do they want high brightness, energy saving, particular colour of light, wide of narrow beam angle.
Cheapest install would be incandescent lamps in oval bulkheads switched by a manual switch.
Cheapest to run would be linear fluorescent and then LED.
If he wants automatic switching then PIRs are the cheapest and if there is a long area to cover then paralleled PIRs would ensure the lights stay on whilst he is moving and yet allow a short period of time after movement stops.
Multiple PIR/light combinations would permit the lights to be on only where he is at the time and keep them off if he is not there which would save energy if there are a lot of lights required.

 

[Craig2022]

Best is dependent on what the customer wants, do they want high brightness, energy saving, particular colour of light, wide of narrow beam angle.
Cheapest install would be incandescent lamps in oval bulkheads switched by a manual switch.
Cheapest to run would be linear fluorescent and then LED.
If he wants automatic switching then PIRs are the cheapest and if there is a long area to cover then paralleled PIRs would ensure the lights stay on whilst he is moving and yet allow a short period of time after movement stops.
Multiple PIR/light combinations would permit the lights to be on only where he is at the time and keep them off if he is not there which would save energy if there are a lot of lights required.

He is just wanting something that is going to be bright enough for him to clean/feed his dogs in the kennels during the dark winter nights. His garden is about 12 feet by 10 feet. An he wants the light to come on just as he walks down the side of the house.

I was thinking of running a 2.5mm SWA from board to his shed, where I would fit a IP rated Switched fuse connection unit, then take 3 core flex from the switched spur, up to the light with a pir, or a separate pir then up to the light. The reason for a 2.5mm is that he said he may want a single socket added in the future.

 

[David Prosser]

We have fitted several hundred of these lights from RS (tied in by big company rules on suppliers).
rs/led-floodlights/8263524/. States £97.85 but if you have \an account with them in brings them down to £67.06. We replace all our outside lighting with these as the old halogens fail. Only ever been back to one over the last three years.

 

[Richard Burns]

He is just wanting something that is going to be bright enough for him to clean/feed his dogs in the kennels during the dark winter nights. His garden is about 12 feet by 10 feet. An he wants the light to come on just as he walks down the side of the house.

I was thinking of running a 2.5mm SWA from board to his shed, where I would fit a IP rated Switched fuse connection unit, then take 3 core flex from the switched spur, up to the light with a pir, or a separate pir then up to the light. The reason for a 2.5mm is that he said he may want a single socket added in the future.

The actual locations and so forth would be best from you as you know the site, however keep in mind when siting PIRs and setting the time the likely movement and position of the person activating the PIR.
E.g. if he is coming down the side of the house will he be out of range of the PIR when he is walking around the kennels and so need another PIR near the kennels (but not one that would be set off by the dogs).
A 12x10' area should be easy to cover with one PIR if there are no intervening obstacles.
If the kennels are also 12x10' then a 20W LED floodlight should be OK for that area, just to see by.
Running a 20A radial circuit and fusing down to 3A seems odd, but it does allow the addition of a socket at a later date, if this is planned then the new circuit should also be 30mA RCD protected as the socket will require this.