In article ,
John Rumm writes:
On 15/01/2011 18:28, Skipweasel wrote:
In , alan@darkroom.
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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.

I've seen it suggested that this is being removed from building regs,
because of phasing out of filament lamps.

(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!)

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