Eaves lights

[kmaccui]

Hi guys i have been asked to price a job to replace lights in the eaves of a house 10 GU10 type in total.

Do they need to be firerated or would the basic type do?

thanks

 

[kme]

Depends on the nature of the cavity they`re installed in.

Personally, I`d be putting IP rated, if there is ANY possibility of dampness getting to `em.

KME

 

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Hi guys i have been asked to price a job to replace lights in the eaves of a house 10 GU10 type in total.Do they need to be firerated or would the basic type do?

thanks

Eaves lights???

as in OUTSIDE overhangy bit where roof and wall sort of meet?

Firerated....

This is not meant to mean that the light itself will not set fire to its fixing structure...

Fire rated fittings have expansion strips that swell and block apertures preventing the passage of smoke from one room to another in the event of a fire..

Primarily to reduce the passage of smoke into inhabitable rooms above a room where a fires starts...

e.g.

Garage doors require the heat strips and self closers, to stop fire getting through the doorway in the event of a garage fire ...

Fire rated lights in one room reduce the passage of fire between the ceiling void to the room above...

Now forgive my thickness but fire rated in this instance would be theoretically reducing the passage of smoke from outside through the eaves into the roof void?

No inhabitable room above...

and its OUTSIDE anyway...

smoke will not be contained in an enclosed space trying to get to upstairs room...

It would potentially be already outside and just blow across the garden!!

:|

I would think just Damp and weatherproofness is more important.

 

[kmaccui]

Eaves lights???as in OUTSIDE overhangy bit where roof and wall sort of meet?

I would think just Damp and weatherproofness is more important.

thanks

 

[PC Electrics]

Eaves, generally, contain an awful lot of wood in their construction. If you're fitting GU10 downlighters into this environment there may be wood very close behind the light fitting. I'd be concerned about the heat from the fitting possibly setting fire to the wood structure, particularly if ventilation is poor (eg insulation stuffed into the area [which, btw, it shouldn't be]). You might like to consider fitting a smoke alarm in the loft, interlinked into the existing smokes system.

Otherwise I agree you should look for min IP44 rating.

 

[AAAMUSEMENTS]

Or LED/ low energy ones. They barely heat up.

Mind you there's nothing to stop someone in the future replacing them with incandescents... :|

 

[PC Electrics]

Can't remember if it's JCC or Halolite (or one of the other large lighting manufacturers), but you can now buy low energy dowlights that will not accept standard halogen GU10s. Would be worth seeking these out for this application, methinks.

 

[kme]

Aurora do `em - think they`re GX10??

Mind, mr . Artois has been assessing my brain for a while this evening, so I could be wrong..........

 

[rugbymacc]

also consider the maintenance factor,

As gu10's don't last long at all (well thats what I'm finding), So LEDS for me everytime in that sort of position.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

agree with rubeemac. gu10's are a pain the a**e. go for leds. no light fitting will get hot enough to set fire to a wooden eaves in my humble opinion, but they love to burn out lamps within a few hours ( nothing like the 5000 hrs they supposedly guarantee), and they'll be a pain to change at that height.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

sorry dude, got your name wrong. meant rugbymacc! cheers.

 

[Andy™]

sorry dude, got your name wrong. meant rugbymacc! cheers.

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