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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

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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
 
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
 
could be emergency lights powered from an external 110V source. e.g. a battery pack.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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:
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What was your intended use for these fittings Vincent, or are you just trying to find out what they are ?
 
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
 

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