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Lighting isolation connectors - how much enclosure required?
I have some high-bay lamps to install in the workshop, where they'll
be high up, awkward to access and connected via flex. A sensible connector for them seems to be these "Click Flow" connectors, rather than the usual loop-in junction box. http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLCT100C.html They also have the claimed advantage of easy isolation for insulation testing. My question is, how much enclosure should I provide for these things? If any?! I presume they're really intended for use in suspended ceilings and just left dangling free there, I'm planning to hide them somewhere about 8' above ground, in the lower parts of the roof. Oddly they don't have any facility for permanently attaching them, just dangling. They're made by Scolmore, but I can't find them mentioned on their site http://www.scolmore.com |
Lighting isolation connectors - how much enclosure required?
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Andy Dingley writes: I have some high-bay lamps to install in the workshop, where they'll be high up, awkward to access and connected via flex. A sensible connector for them seems to be these "Click Flow" connectors, rather than the usual loop-in junction box. http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLCT100C.html They also have the claimed advantage of easy isolation for insulation testing. I would use Klik connectors, which come in several formats, including a ceiling rose style... http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/ASPCR2000.html They need to mount on a BESA box (circular conduit box). The picture shows a stand-alone BESA ring, but IME they don't come with that (although I've never bought them from TLC). -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
Lighting isolation connectors - how much enclosure required?
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:46:19 UTC, Owain
wrote: They don't look like the sort of thing I'd like to have just dangling; not sure if there's any cable clamp on the male side. There is. -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by http://www.diybanter.com |
Lighting isolation connectors - how much enclosure required?
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:46:19 UTC, Owain wrote: They don't look like the sort of thing I'd like to have just dangling; not sure if there's any cable clamp on the male side. There is. Confirmed -I have some. The thing that lets them down is the lack of fixing point in the female side. It would be nice to be able to crew it down. Having said that, a cbale clip close by keeps it steady. |
Lighting isolation connectors - how much enclosure required?
"Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:48:37 UTC, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: In article , Andy Dingley writes: I have some high-bay lamps to install in the workshop, where they'll be high up, awkward to access and connected via flex. A sensible connector for them seems to be these "Click Flow" connectors, rather than the usual loop-in junction box. http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLCT100C.html They also have the claimed advantage of easy isolation for insulation testing. I would use Klik connectors, which come in several formats, including a ceiling rose style... http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/ASPCR2000.html They need to mount on a BESA box (circular conduit box). The picture shows a stand-alone BESA ring, but IME they don't come with that (although I've never bought them from TLC). Yes, I used these at home and they are very good. You normally seem to get the three parts pictuered - the connector (into which the flex is fitted), a clip-on cover with a flex hole in it, and the actual base. The BESA box isn't pictured, but is standard. One point - they don't have loop-in terminals so you'll need to wire slightly differently, or use junction boxes. They do have loop in terminals. You can also buy them with 4 pin plugs for use with emergency lighting Adam |
Lighting isolation connectors - how much enclosure required?
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"Bob Eager" writes: On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:48:37 UTC, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I would use Klik connectors, which come in several formats, including a ceiling rose style... http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/ASPCR2000.html They need to mount on a BESA box (circular conduit box). The picture shows a stand-alone BESA ring, but IME they don't come with that (although I've never bought them from TLC). Yes, I used these at home and they are very good. You normally seem to get the three parts pictuered - the connector (into which the flex is fitted), a clip-on cover with a flex hole in it, and the actual base. The BESA box isn't pictured, but is standard. The socket is propped up on what looks like a stand-alone BESA box in the picture. One point - they don't have loop-in terminals so you'll need to wire slightly differently, or use junction boxes. Real Klik ones do. (It becomes the 4th terminal in the red 4 terminal versions for emergency lighting.) -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
Lighting isolation connectors - how much enclosure required?
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:10:57 UTC, "ARWadsworth"
wrote: "Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:48:37 UTC, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: In article , Andy Dingley writes: I have some high-bay lamps to install in the workshop, where they'll be high up, awkward to access and connected via flex. A sensible connector for them seems to be these "Click Flow" connectors, rather than the usual loop-in junction box. http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLCT100C.html They also have the claimed advantage of easy isolation for insulation testing. I would use Klik connectors, which come in several formats, including a ceiling rose style... http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/ASPCR2000.html They need to mount on a BESA box (circular conduit box). The picture shows a stand-alone BESA ring, but IME they don't come with that (although I've never bought them from TLC). Yes, I used these at home and they are very good. You normally seem to get the three parts pictuered - the connector (into which the flex is fitted), a clip-on cover with a flex hole in it, and the actual base. The BESA box isn't pictured, but is standard. One point - they don't have loop-in terminals so you'll need to wire slightly differently, or use junction boxes. They do have loop in terminals. You can also buy them with 4 pin plugs for use with emergency lighting Mine didn't, but this was a whle ago and I probably ordered the wrong ones! It didn't matter in this particular case, anyway. -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by http://www.diybanter.com |
Lighting isolation connectors - how much enclosure required?
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:26:42 UTC, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote: Yes, I used these at home and they are very good. You normally seem to get the three parts pictuered - the connector (into which the flex is fitted), a clip-on cover with a flex hole in it, and the actual base. The BESA box isn't pictured, but is standard. The socket is propped up on what looks like a stand-alone BESA box in the picture. Ooops - missed that! One point - they don't have loop-in terminals so you'll need to wire slightly differently, or use junction boxes. Real Klik ones do. (It becomes the 4th terminal in the red 4 terminal versions for emergency lighting.) These *are* real Klik ones - at least, they have it on them and were bought from RS or CPC...but it was a while ago. If they'd had a fourth terminal I'd have used it, so perhaps that has changed. I must have bought them ten years ago. -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by http://www.diybanter.com |
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