- It's another glorious, sunny day here in Skipton,
but it is a little bit cold,
so I've put me coat on.
The camera, is it playing tricks with you?
The light behind you?
Is it flashing or has it failed?
Well, we think it's failed,
or certainly the LED driver in there has failed.
And, because it's a cold day,
that's when you'll need to be working outside.
And a little challenge for us today,
but challenges create opportunity,
so it's a opportunity for us to look at
this new flood light from Ansell,
and it's also an opportunity
for some personal development for Rick.
So, I'm gonna go in the workshop where it's nice and warm
and look at this,
and Rick's gonna fit it to the building.
I have done him a favor,
I have, in the workshop, already wired it.
So, Rick, it's over to you.
- Well, thank you.
- I'll see you later.
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Stick around to the end of the video
and you'll see how we deal with
these rusty, self-tapping screws.
There's a lot of great design features
gone into this new telic fitting from Ansell.
And, probably, the best way to sum them all up
is flexibility.
And let's think about that word flex
because the first thing you'll notice
there's no flexible cable attached to the unit.
Now, at first that might seem a little bit odd
because lots of LED fittings
are supplied with a cable attached,
but you sometimes find that is incredibly short.
I've seen examples where that's down to 300 millimeters,
and then the first thing you need to do
is provide a junction box,
and then terminate a cable into that,
which all adds expense to the installation.
You'll see on the installation
that Rick's currently on with,
the connection is on the other side of the wall.
So, we've been able to quickly connect
a few meters of the cable that we need
to get back to that junction box.
Terminating inside the fixture itself,
remove the four screws, and they are captive,
and then once you're inside,
you can bring the cable through the cable gland
and terminate into the screwless terminal blocks.
Another great feature with this junction box arrangement
is it's easy to convert any of the fixtures in the range
to PIR operation.
Simply swap this cap for one with the PIR sensor,
remove the jumper link, and plug in,
and then the conversion's done.
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The design features on this telic fixture keep on giving,
and when it comes to loop in and loop out wiring,
we're not disappointed there.
There's two cable glands on the back of the fixture.
One of them is blanked off normally,
but by removing the bung that's in there,
it's then possible to wire,
using the screwless terminal blocks, to another fixture.
The other advantage is once we've converted one
to PIR version, we've also got a switched live output
that can be used from the main fixture
to trigger a remote fixture
that's, possibly, located on another side of the building.
Also, under the cover, there's a switch
that allows you to set the color temperature
of either 3,000, 4,000, or 6,000 degrees kelvin.
So, that covers most installation requirements,
possibly cool white for more commercially focused projects,
or if you're in hospitality or residential,
you may prefer 3,000 degrees kelvin.
The color rendering of the fixture is Ra80,
with an efficiency of up to 98 lumens per watt,
and a lamp life of 60,000 hours to 70% lumen maintenance.
All of those design features allow you
to cover a vast range of applications
with carrying a minimum amount of stock.
All you have to do is select the wattage,
which can be either 10, 20, 30, or 50 watts.
We're currently in the process
of installing the 50 watt version,
which allows you to have a lumen output
from between 900 and 4,600 in the 4,000 color temperature.
Installation features continue with the bracket
which you can mount to the wall
without having to remove it from the fixture.
You can get easy access to the mounting points
and then the angle is set
with the allen head adjustment on the side.
Units have an impact rating of IK06
with this tough (finger taps) plastic lens on the front,
and an IP65 environmental rating.
And a key to help maintain that
is this little breather vent underneath here
that allows the air inside the fixture
to expand and contract with temperature.
So, this prevents moisture buildup inside the fixture.
And here's our top tip when it comes to fixing
to thin, sheet material like this building cladding.
We use these threaded inserts
that provide a very secure fixing,
but also easy for future maintenance.
That was a pretty straightforward install
using the great design features in the telic fixture.
If you'd like to see more fixtures from Ansell,
particularly street lighting,
since we're thinking about dark, check out this video here.
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