Plug in fluorescent fitting

[pcboffinuk]

Anyone seen one of these before?

Its in the kitchen of a house I'm quoting on. If you can't tell from the picture, its a standard fluorescent fitting which is then plugged into the bayonet light fitting.

My initial thought was that it would no longer comply as I understood plug in adapters were generally frowned upon, but then the argos site has this which seems to be a more modern replacement.

Given that I now see no reason to insist/suggest it is changed (apart from aesthetic/taste reasons )

Anyone disagree? I will see if I can open it and inspect the internals but given an insulation resistance test is unlikely to do it much good is there any other test that I should be doing on it?

Gavin

 

[Steve]

YUK! argos used to sell these, exactly like the one in your picture. Hideous. Do everything you can to try and accidentally damage it

 

[RF Lighting]

Are you sure that the old fitting in your picture is double insulated?

Not seen one in a good long while, but not the first

 

[ColJack]

have a look at the lampholder for any numbers ad see if you can google some design specs for weight..

as long as it can take the weight, i can't see why you shouldn't treat it as a lamp..

 

[securespark]

Looking in the regs, flex can carry quite a weight, so I would have thought that this would be no problem in a batten l/h....

These are, to my knowledge, DI.

 

[ColJack]

for the amount of light it puts out, and the cost efectiveness of it, just suggest that they change it for a CFL lamp about 100W equivalent..

or tell them that you're going for a cup of tea and that it would be better as a normal bulb when you get back..

what they put in after you leave is up to them...

 

[tim west]

If its a manufactured item and not a diy item then chances are it is certified already by the manufacturer, being a plug in job it is not covered by the scope of the regs that you are concerned with.

 

[pcboffinuk]

yep,

well the job is an old dear who likes it, so I will check it out and see if I think its safe - in which case she's the one who has to look at it every day

So this is effectively the first generation of 'compact' flour lamp I guess..

How long ago were they on sale in Argos?

Gavin

 

[securespark]

Not sure about the strips, but they do these plug in ones:

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/s...651&langId=-1&searchTerms=fluorescent+plug+in