Wiring Bulk Head Lights

[VincentW]

Apologies for what will seem a daft question to you guys - I am not an electrician, and have not got to grips with the different voltages on appliances.

Can someone tell me if these lights can be wired into the mains - these state 110v so if not would these usually be powered by a generator or transformer.

Again apologies for my lack of knowledge.
Vince

 

[Pete999]

If you stick 230V it will damage the light as well as being extremely dangerous, where did you get the fittings from? so DON'T connect them up to the 230v mains

 

[VincentW]

We have these in our warehouse - quite a large amount, so how would they be powered please.

 

[Taylortwocities]

so how would they be powered please.

Sorry to be obvious, but they need to be powered from a 110volt AC or DC supply!

If you only have UK (230VAC) mains then you'll need a transformer to reduce the voltage from 230 to 110 volts.

 

[VincentW]

I believe construction usually use 110v (I may be wrong), so where would use a bulkhead emergency light like this ? I think its an emergency light anyway - although it does not have a battery of any sort inside

 

[telectrix]

could be emergency lights powered from an external 110V source. e.g. a battery pack.

 

[VincentW]

could be emergency lights powered from an external 110V source. e.g. a battery pack.

Thats what I thought, however what makes them emergency lights as opposed to standard 110v bulkheads if they are powered from an external source surely a normal bulkhead would work the same

 

[hightower]

Has it got a capacitor inside? EDIT: A big one.

 

[telectrix]

if they are emergencies, on loss of the lighting circuit supply, the emergency supply would kick in. 110V would mean less batteries to supply them.

 

[Andy78]

Thats what I thought, however what makes them emergency lights as opposed to standard 110v bulkheads if they are powered from an external source surely a normal bulkhead would work the same

Some older emergency light systems have a central battery instead of batteries in the lights. Ones I have seen in the past have been the size of a tea chest if you are looking for one on site.

 

[Pete999]

We have these in our warehouse - quite a large amount, so how would they be powered please.

Vincent can you show us a picture of the packing and any instructions

 

[Taylortwocities]

tetctrix may have hit on it. Some emergeny lighting systems have a central (battery) supply for all emergency lights.
Standard voltages are 24, 50, 110 and 230Volt

They'll be powered by something that looks like this:

 

[VincentW]

Has it got a capacitor inside? EDIT: A big one.

As attached

 

[VincentW]

Vincent can you show us a picture of the packing and any instructions

The packing is just a plain brown box - ive sent over a pic of the inside PCB

 

[Andy78]

What was your intended use for these fittings Vincent, or are you just trying to find out what they are ?

 

[Midwest]

OP, I seem to remember you (or your company) purchased some ex stock from a defunct lighting company?

 

[VincentW]

What was your intended use for these fittings Vincent, or are you just trying to find out what they are ?

Just trying to find out what they are as we have 80 of them!

 

[VincentW]

OP, I seem to remember you (or your company) purchased some ex stock from a defunct lighting company?

Yeah correct - this is part of those lights - they are made by Glamox -they are still going - seem to be really specialist, providing to schools, healthcare, off-shore/marine industries

 

[Andy78]

What it seems you have then are 110V slave emergency bulkhead luminaires.

 

[Pete999]

The packing is just a plain brown box - ive sent over a pic of the inside PCB

What I was after was, what are the fittings described as? EM fittings, etc?