Railway sleeper lights

[Plonker 3]

I have a customer who is currently having their garden renovated. They are having railway sleepers installed to make several levels in the garden. She wants some lights recessing into the sleepers themselves to light up the walkways. Anyone have any sort of ideas or done this thing before.

Obviously the big problem is the heat and the fire risk presented. So any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have shown the customer one of these and she quite liked them, but JCC technical support was a waste of time giving advice.

http://www.jcc-lighting.co.uk/produ...-ground/wall-lights-recessed/elegenti/jc71115

 

[telectrix]

have a look at LED walkover lights. ELV.

 

[Moses]

I have a customer who is currently having their garden renovated. They are having railway sleepers installed to make several levels in the garden. She wants some lights recessing into the sleepers themselves to light up the walkways. Anyone have any sort of ideas or done this thing before.

Obviously the big problem is the heat and the fire risk presented. So any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have shown the customer one of these and she quite liked them, but JCC technical support was a waste of time giving advice.

http://www.jcc-lighting.co.uk/produ...-ground/wall-lights-recessed/elegenti/jc71115

IMO these would be fine supplied through a 30mA RCD.

With 1.5W per fitting, there is no possibility of overheating.

 

[Plonker 3]

have a look at LED walkover lights. ELV.

Cheers but want something mounted of the side rather than facing upwards.

IMO these would be fine supplied through a 30mA RCD.

That's my thoughts too, but as I say what sort of heat do they create to prevent it causing a fire.

 

[telectrix]

Cheers but want something mounted of the side rather than facing upwards. ​

no reason why they can't be fiited on a vertical surface.






























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[Moses]

That's my thoughts too, but as I say what sort of heat do they create to prevent it causing a fire.

Its dissipating 1.5W in a diecast aluminium case, and would be no more warmer than a warm cup of tea on a cold day.

You would not think a second time, of putting that cup on your worktop, just in-case the worktop caught fire, would you?

 

[topquark]

That's about 5.5 Btu per hour per fitting.

 

[Engineer54]

Railway sleepers are solid hardwood, you'll need the things doused in petrol and a spark to set fire to those things!! I'd be surprised if a 1000w halogen could set fire to them if left on for a week!! lol!!!

I'd be a little more careful with a bitumen covered sleeper, but certainly not with a clean one!!

 

[thefish]

http://www.thegardenlightingshop.co.uk/

 

[Richard Burns]

If you read the instruction leaflet for the JCC lights to which you link they are suitable for mounting on a normally flammable surface so should be fine.