Part L of the Building Regulations!

[N00btrician]

Hi guys can you tell me what this means on my constrution spec. In orderto comply with the revisions to part L of the building Regs 2no bedrooms are to be fitted with lamp holders that are only suitable for use with lamps with a luminous efficiency greater than 40 lumens per circuit-watt.Are they saying i need to use low watt lamps or do i need a speical lamp holder? any help would be great.I cant get in touch with the sparky doing the work so cant ask him at the moment and i need to get the parts for him soon could any one send me a link or picture to one aswell please many thanks.

 

[dingbat]

Luminous efficacy is the relationship between the amount of light you get compared to the power that goes in.

High lumens-per-watt fittings are typically fluorescent lights. What you need is a light designed only to accept such lamps. For example, the 2D lights - search and you'll find loads of suppliers.

 

[N00btrician]

Thank you Dingbat for the quick reply do you mean this type of light fitting? http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=19045&ts=46712

 

[Steve]

Thank you Dingbat for the quick reply do you mean this type of light fitting? http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=19045&ts=46712[/QUOTE]
yes, and any of the fittings here: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Lighting_Menu_Index/Lighting_Regs_L1_Internal/index.html

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_In...egs_L1_Internal/Low_Energy_Pendant/index.html

is a particularly sneaky one

 

[N00btrician]

Wow! Thanks again Dingbat really nice link to some other types of light fittings and cheap ones at that.

 

[Steve]

My name's Crafty.

 

[N00btrician]

Hehe very sorry Crafty Thanks again for your help this forum is very helpful.

 

[JohnD]

My name's Crafty.

I bet it isn't really.

 

[Steve]

My name's Crafty.

I bet it isn't really.

Well, the people at work call me Steve, but I haven't figured out why yet.

 

[JohnD]

Because that's your name, Rodney.

 

[securespark]

When I started my Installation course in 1988, the course tutor kept calling me Trevor. If you don't already know, my name's Simon....

 

[dingbat]

...Thanks again for your help this forum is very helpful.

GabrielKnight didn't think so!

 

[Steve]

...Thanks again for your help this forum is very helpful.

GabrielKnight didn't think so!

he deserved everything he got. I might wander over to screwfix and see what they told him

I bet he's from London. Where else would you find someone called Gabriel Knight?

 

[N00btrician]

...Thanks again for your help this forum is very helpful.

GabrielKnight didn't think so!

he deserved everything he got. I might wander over to screwfix and see what they told him

I bet he's from London. Where else would you find someone called Gabriel Knight?

Sorry guys dont understand what your talking about?

 

[Steve]

...Thanks again for your help this forum is very helpful.

GabrielKnight didn't think so!

he deserved everything he got. I might wander over to screwfix and see what they told him

I bet he's from London. Where else would you find someone called Gabriel Knight?

Sorry guys dont understand what your talking about?

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