Wooden ceiling . lights ?

[vinny8]

Hello

Wooden Ceiling and appliances fitted into them not good i know.

Does anyone out there know of any products that would act as a heatshield , suitable. I am trying to avoid replacing the wooden dropped ceiling with plasterboard. Either a heat proof barrier or maybe cut out and replace a suitable amount of ceiling with Plasterboard around each light. 12v 35W Dichroic lights. 1mm cable on the secondary side 500mm - 1000mm lengths of this secondary side cable.

Does my q make sense, any suggestions

You may say replace the whole ceiling but a lot of work has in the past gone on around the edgese with decorative Cornice etc so you will see why i am trying to avoid a whole new ceiling.

I want to be totally safe

Thanks very much

Vinny

 

[vinny8]

F Type fittings ?

 

[Lectrician]

Would be ideal......

 

[vinny8]

Thanks

I ahve downlighters , can i compromise at all

F Type is that Flourescent , tubes ?

 

[Lectrician]

F type downlights use what ever lamp you want... the F simply means it provides a fire proof barrier once installed into the ceiling.

The downlight kind of look like a can. They are primarily designed to prevent fire spreading between floors.

 

[vinny8]

Thanks been very helpful

Vinny

 

[ban-all-sheds]

F type downlights use what ever lamp you want... the F simply means it provides a fire proof barrier once installed into the ceiling.

The downlight kind of look like a can. They are primarily designed to prevent fire spreading between floors.

Err - no - that's not what it means at all. Those are luminaires which incorporate an intumescent feature within them, designed to meet the requirements for restoring the fire rating of ceilings after you've cut a hole in them, and are a BGI if you need to restore such a rating as it means you don't have to f*** around with fire hoods.

The "F-in-a-triangle" mark is something different - it signifies that the luminaire is safe for mounting on a normally flammable surface, i.e. wood, laminate, composite etc (but not, for example, frozen heptane, or tar paper).

 

[Lectrician]

I stand corrected

 

[vinny8]

so would 35w be ok practically in a downlighter mounted in wood or must it have the F in a triangle mark. Either 12v supply via transformer or Mains voltage ?

The reason i ask is that 60w mains voltage downlighters have been in place fe about 20 years, (The big bulky things) but ned updating. The new lights i have are a mixutre of 35w Mains and 12v ( 2 seperate locations ). Some advice has been that 35w should be fine in would. To be honest its an elderly ceiling on a top floor and has no fire rating to the ceiling itself so hoods have have a negligible benefit i guess anyway as i understand hoods they are mainly to maintain the rating of fire rated ceilings as in a fire the fittings tend to drop out quick with the hood maintining a degree of protection to upper surfaces. Thanks