Re: CBUS and CFL's

["Allan Smith" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All new house builds have to comply wih Part L for energy efficency.
Part of this dictates that a certain percentage of the light fittings
*must* use low energy bulbs *but* you can't use GU10 fittings as part
of the quota because the regulation also states that the fittings must
only
be designed for for energy efficient bulbs (to stop people simply
swapping bulbs back to "normal" bulbs once the BCO have signed it
off).
Cheers
Allan

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Jonathan Tawn @ Home"
<Jonathan@...>
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> Raymond,
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> Thanks for the Info - much appreciated.
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> I guess BCO's & Council's are insisting on the use of CFL's due to
energy
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> 10quid a bulb - ouch!
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> Thanks,
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> Jonathan
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> Raymond Kelly
> Sent: 17 January 2007 20:22
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CBUS and CFL's
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> In short no they are not dimmable.
> I too am building using CBUS but will have CFL's on CBUS relays.
> Maybe CFL's will be dimmable in the future.
> These are the CFL's that I am using.
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http://www.ebulbshop.com/acatalog/9_watt_Low_Energy_GU10__GU10_0_FLU_27_.htm
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> They are GU10's and fit into the holders perfectly but beware the
cheaper
> ones are longer and do not fit
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> Ah they also now do dimmable's!! but they don't fit GU10's
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> On 17/01/07, Jonathan Tawn @ Home <Jonathan@...
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> > Hi,
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> > I've been talking with someone who's building a house and they've
been
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> > that compact fluorescent's need to be used for downlighters, he
asked
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> > clipsal's CBUS asking whether it would dim them, which, I
understand it
> > should. However, I know next to nothing about CFL's / Fluorescent
dimming,
> > can this be done? If so, is it a case of using a 0-10v
fluorescent
dimmer?
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> > Any thoughts / comments would be most appreciated,
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> > Thanks,
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> > Jonathan
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