Coughtrie Lighting in administration - end of an era?
 

Does anyone else install the Coughtrie lights? I've bought the
Coughtrie corner lights for a long time and it will be very sad if
they can't find a buyer! I don't think there are any equivalent
quality outside lights on the market and there must be a huge market
for the fittings. They've never been well distributed though and only
a few electrical merchants have ever had them on the shelves.

You may have seen the newer fittings like this;
http://www.qvsdirect.com/Coughtrie-F...-pr-18364.html
Or the older version;
http://www.qvsdirect.com/Coughtrie-S...-pr-18366.html

Dave

Coughtrie Lighting in administration - end of an era?
 

On Oct 30, 10:16*am, Dave Starling wrote:
Does anyone else install the Coughtrie lights?

Yes.
Quality diecast aluminium, quality diffusers & switchgear.
Basically how you would build a light that would last 20yrs.
Plus, an IP rating whose claim is actually achieved!

The only shortcoming I found was a plug-in LNE terminal block whose
screws are meant to be retained by ribs in the terminal guard tunnels.
Screw head dimension tolerance was such that they could fall out if
inverted - hilarious if you mounted the light upside down over say
gravel (brass is non magnetic). For anyone that suffers same, the
typical mains green PCB terminal block uses the same size screws
albeit steel, back out a screw & it fits. Not their fault, just
typical of the problem of sourcing components where someone's elses
cost-cutting weakest link doesn't impact on your product :-)


I don't think there are any equivalent quality outside lights

JCC do some good lights.
I say "do" when most are imported Italian & German.
At least "good" compared to the nasty plastic crap.
The downside is get used to prices 2-2.5x greater.

The corner lights you mention have an attractive "industrial yet art
deco period" look, a time when electrical switchgear had time for
someone's artistic flair having achieved the functionality (a la
Victorian & Popular Mechanic 1905).