Have dealt with central battery systems in the past, fire rated cable that either loops in and out of the luminaire using ceramic terminal blocks or dropping out from a junction box (again with ceramic terminations/connections) down to the luminaire with standard cable as long as it is kept below 1m in length.
But looking at some of the continuous lighting systems that are on the market, tend to come in 4.5m lengths that you splice together and have a male/female connector to run the power through. You then clip in LED gear trays along the length, these are sold with CB facility but all the internal cabling is just standard PVC, connectors are plastic as is the cover capping and start of feed terminal blocks. So you could wire to the main busbar feeders in fire rated and terminate into ceramic blocks, but you are then going from the main feeder into the lighting trunking which is all non-fire rated from that point down the line.
I didn't know how this would comply with BS5266 or are they claiming that the 100m run of lighting system is one light fitting although there are multiple connectors and meters and meters of standard cable carrying the CB feed?
Anyone else come across this or ever been given an explanation on how it can be compliant?
But looking at some of the continuous lighting systems that are on the market, tend to come in 4.5m lengths that you splice together and have a male/female connector to run the power through. You then clip in LED gear trays along the length, these are sold with CB facility but all the internal cabling is just standard PVC, connectors are plastic as is the cover capping and start of feed terminal blocks. So you could wire to the main busbar feeders in fire rated and terminate into ceramic blocks, but you are then going from the main feeder into the lighting trunking which is all non-fire rated from that point down the line.
I didn't know how this would comply with BS5266 or are they claiming that the 100m run of lighting system is one light fitting although there are multiple connectors and meters and meters of standard cable carrying the CB feed?
Anyone else come across this or ever been given an explanation on how it can be compliant?
