John Rumm wrote:
On 15/01/2011 18:28, Skipweasel wrote:
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alan@darkroom. +.com says...
It's part of the Building Regs now that the installer has to comply
with - 75% of new lights have to be 'energy savers'.
I'd presume it would be hard to comply if you left plain bayonet
fittings dangling with no bulbs in them.


Since you can get CFLs for 10p or so (dunno why, but I've seen them
in all sorts of places at that price) it's hardly a major expense to
populate all the pendants.

Building regs require the *fittings* to be low energy - i.e. they
can't be ordinary BC or ES lamp holders, but must be a type that only
take low energy bulbs.

(hence why many electricians have a set of them to install in new
builds to get a house signed off by building control... the fittings
can then move onto the next place!)

A far greener solution than actually leaving them in the house for the new
owners to throw away

--
Adam