LED tube light, a couple of questions

[Henri Lacoste]

Hello everyone!

I'm new, so if I make any faux pas, please excuse me.

I am working as an architectural intern in Amsterdam at the moment and have been given the task of making some new light fittings for our new office. My boss found some very beautiful lights made by a dutch company called waarmakers (see image)

These sell for nearly €400. Since I have a passion for making things I have been asked to see if I can make a few for the office, and for a more reasonable price. The LED tube that they use is a Philips GA110 900mm.

After doing some research I now understand that these LEDs are very simple and all that you need is a "non-shunted" fitting and then you can simply wire in your live and neutral.

Can you also run a wire from the non-shunted fitting to a plug and plug them into the wall? Like this:

Since I don't have much experience with domestic electricity, and due to the inherent dangers, I thought I should post here for any advice that you guys might have for me. Should I look out for particular tubes wattage etc. Have I misunderstood anything?

Many thanks for your time,

Henri

 

[andyb]

Is the cardboard tube also the lamp housing?

 

[Henri Lacoste]

Is the cardboard tube also the lamp housing?

Hi,

Yes, waarmakers also sell a product where the housing is the packaging that they send the LED tube in. Quite clever really, practically zero packaging waste.

 

[andyb]

I prefer the dutch one.
I'm sure it's fine. It goes against the normal thinking of an electrician to have a lamp in a cardboard housing but I suppose the electrical parts are enclosed in a plastic tube. I'd want to know that the flex was secure though.

 

[Henri Lacoste]

I prefer the dutch one.
I'm sure it's fine. It goes against the normal thinking of an electrician to have a lamp in a cardboard housing but I suppose the electrical parts are enclosed in a plastic tube. I'd want to know that the flex was secure though.

Both of them are by the dutch company waarmakers, and I want to remake the wooden one. I agree it is nicer.

I was just wondering if it is possible to wire the LED tube to a plug rather than wire it in to the ceiling? Like you would a desk lamp for example.

 

[andyb]

You can put a plug on it, as you say it's just like a desk lamp.
As previously said, I'd want to know that the flex was secure.

 

[Henri Lacoste]

You can put a plug on it, as you say it's just like a desk lamp.
As previously said, I'd want to know that the flex was secure.

Sorry, what is the flex?

 

[andyb]

Cable. It needs a good quality clamp on it because it's just hanging there and liable to be pulled.

 

[cos90]

There is a company in Germany which produces tubes with flex (220V - 240V) as standard and a very good lumen rate.
For example: 150cm, 33 Watts with 4000 Lumen


You would just have to ad a plug at the end of the flex.