Re: {Disarmed} RE: Dimming halogens bad for lamp life? Building Regs

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean Barrett wrote:
> Hi Pete
>
> Halolite is a rebrand of Aurora lighting, as it Aztec.
>
> Aztec is the rebrand we've been using that have suffered the warping
> problem.
>
> We have also noted issues with their white inner ring of the cast
Aluminium
> fittings going brown....
>
> Halolite now only sell a subset of Aurora, where as Aztec do the full
range
> including a commercial version of the Cast Aluminium which is supposed
to be
> pure Aluminium rather than a Alu/Mazac mix.
>
> Personally and from a company perspective i'd shy away from any of the
> non-pure aluminium d/lights.
>
> There is another manufacturer (Robus/LED), which i sell as i side line
> (www.littlelightcompany.co.uk/shop) they are 100% aluminium and we
have had
> a quantity of them installed with no issues.

Another issue with the ones that are powdercoated white, it that the heat
softens the powerdercoat so they will then stick to each other.


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