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Lights for hi temp environment.

whjohnson
Allow me to begin by saying I don't like the idea I am putting forward here - it is the customer's request.

Basically, they wish to illuminate the alcove/fireplace in which their log burner currently resides.

This means drilling through the right hand cheek of the fireplace to provide access for cables. Intention is to terminate into a 13A plug to enable connection into an adjacent socket outlet.

Now, Is there any kind of lighting suitable for this? Something like a singly spot mounted on the floor shining upwards and which would cope with the local ambient temp immediately around the log burner case?

Cabling? Tri-rated or butyl rubber?

Personally I think it's a daft idea but said I would investigate the possibilities.


Comments welcome.
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    Dpeends on the type of log burner and where you locate the lights. The log burner I've got at home (a clean burn model with a rather complicated air inlet system) is actually quite cool on the outside of its bottom half (ash pan level and below) - as that's where the main air intake runs - to the point that'll entirely happy that there's a wicker basket full of kindling right next to it!  Higher up it's quite a different story with both concented and radiated heat to contend with - I certainly wouldn't put anything within 3x the diameter of the flue.


    Obviously you wouldn't want to locate lights where they could be covered or hit by logs or tongs etc stored next to the stove.


    You might also want to check building reg (part J - combustion appliances) - there are some quite definite rules about how close to an appliance (and flue) combustable items can be installed - and I suspect that anything electrical will count as combustable (even if you had ceramic lampholders and bare MICC the sleeving on the terminations wouldn't be non-combustible).


      - Andy.
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    Dpeends on the type of log burner and where you locate the lights. The log burner I've got at home (a clean burn model with a rather complicated air inlet system) is actually quite cool on the outside of its bottom half (ash pan level and below) - as that's where the main air intake runs - to the point that'll entirely happy that there's a wicker basket full of kindling right next to it!  Higher up it's quite a different story with both concented and radiated heat to contend with - I certainly wouldn't put anything within 3x the diameter of the flue.


    Obviously you wouldn't want to locate lights where they could be covered or hit by logs or tongs etc stored next to the stove.


    You might also want to check building reg (part J - combustion appliances) - there are some quite definite rules about how close to an appliance (and flue) combustable items can be installed - and I suspect that anything electrical will count as combustable (even if you had ceramic lampholders and bare MICC the sleeving on the terminations wouldn't be non-combustible).


      - Andy.
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