so I know what you're thinking does the world need another LED downlight well stay with us
because we think we've found some great features in these additions to the f-type range from Luceco
there's some great features in here that save electricians time well gary we'll dive right in
it's a bit the electricians really care about how easy are they to connect yeah and you wouldn't
think when you look at connections you could make them any easier than just pushing the cables in
and pressing to release but actually the order makes them easier believe it or not let's have
a look yeah so yes yeah you're right so yeah the first thing that struck us is yeah some
manufacturers have uh what's referred to as lenel yeah isn't it so yeah you've got to cross those
wires over especially when it comes to a twin and earth but yeah this one is uh NEL NEL and
we like that so again when i'm pushing those in yeah it's great you ain't got that one that kicks
around and one kicks around from the other one so that's a simple adjustment okay so we'll let you
loose on one in the ceiling didn't we let's have a look at uh how you got on with that gary so we
have got cables hanging through the ceiling i'm going to strip them back using my Ideal industries
twin and earth strippers so out of PVC followed by the inner PVC and i'm just going to add my CPC
sleeve in before i connect them into my f-type down light lovely look we've got the order correct
now that makes it simple to insert the conductors no crossing over so just push them into position
and replace the screw and then once i've done that i'll be ready to pop it into the ceiling itself
so the springs are nice and powerful just get those up bit worried about the
fingers but do i need to be worried about my fingers we'll come to that in a minute
so pop it into position like so is it finished well not quite watch this bit yeah very nice
well that was good Gary and obviously yeah a lot of people now are moving to sort of those
screwless sort of clamps that go over the cables and i found one problem that i think actually uh
Luceco have solved right with the addition of a screw so there is that still that one screw in
there okay let's have a look and yeah screwless ones are fine when it comes to flat cables but
i've found on other ones we've looked at they don't tend to grip around cables which you might
have if you're in a more commercial environment and that screw there obviously helps hold that
clamp in position you think it's perfect for those round flexes yeah so that's that's one thing i'd
say that's where the screw does come in yeah i agree with you on that so again another little
detail that just makes it a little bit easier for us now now there's a little bit of pain involved
occasionally when fitting the odd led down lights and they've solved that problem to a certain
degree as well haven't they have well she'll have a closer look at that gary yeah we will i like
this yeah so we've got these little rubber um sort of yeah rubber shrouds that go on the end of the
springs right now that's obviously there to help protect the actual damage sometimes these springs
can be a bit aggressive can't then suddenly that sort of twang and take some of the coating off the
the bezel yeah but actually the good side effect of this is yeah even if i'm going to do something
sledge and injury there you can see on the back of the thumbnail
yeah yeah that's that yeah that's just saved a little bit there for you small but effective again
i did like that little soft touch and we took a set off here because we had a little play with
those didn't we and that they are painful when they're not yes and we know manufacturers think
about this because often they leave that little sort of foam or polystyrene on them for when
they're delivering them to you but of course them springs then catching and chipping the paintwork
away there's another nice touch isn't that when we think about protecting maybe these and changing
the bezel isn't that yeah there is so here at first we thought what's happened here is this
the bezel on the lamp picks up a lot of iron filings on our bench yeah but then we realized actually
when it comes to changing the bezel so this range is supplied as sort of matte white as standard
yeah but if you did want to change your bezel yeah and what colors can we have that bezel in so we
can change it for gordon you can have it in a in a black nickel yeah you can have it polished chrome
or brushed steel as well right okay but the clever bit is they're fixed to the front with magnets all
right i'll just bring this in you'll get this nice satisfying click yeah so you don't have to twist
and sometimes twisting them obviously when they're in a ceiling can cause all sorts of problems
itself not just do that again it's not isn't it it is and again another reason you can pull those
off is when you're decorating isn't it so you take those bezels down you can paint around you'll be
a little bit less precise with your cutting in and just drop them on over the top and you can
change them which is great comes standard white though don't they yeah standard standard matte
white and while we're on there gary with the thing you'll notice this one here is slightly recessed
at the front and that's something i like i know you do like that yeah because obviously when you
put that sideways it stops it's got that good cut off to stop glare and things like that and
i think that helps take light designs to another level with that in mind we've obviously got a
different type over here as well should we have a look at that one as well yeah so we've got our
yeah the sort of gimbal version yeah we have and they're all a standard depth as well aren't they
60 mm isn't it yep so again that's the thing about so the f-type range has been around for
a while with this new version it's got the 60 millimeter death with the remote gearbox yeah
and can we cover it with thermal insulation yeah so not only just the fixture itself that could be
covered with insulation can also cover the driver module itself so some other ones this has to still
stay above the above the insulation all right okay that's it that's good so we've got that version
we've got this regressed version and obviously we've got this fixed version down right here
all with those different finishes so to leave aside some great installer features and think
about actually what's for it is a light so what we do want is great lighting performance
and something unique in this product range that we haven't seen from anybody else is dim to warm oh
and we do like a dim to warm up yeah now we've seen it in lamps before and this is the first
time we've seen it in a phase dimmable so with conventional rotary dimmer downlight so this lamp
will change color as you go through that dim curve to match what you would have had in the old days
with the incandescent or halogen lamp well i've actually got some lovely footage where i took the
humble apple and dim the light over it would you like to see that have a look at that gary
here we go then so we're going on the apple yes yeah keep your eyes focused on the apple
as we start to bring it down but this change in the atmosphere of the room isn't it gordon
yeah so we've gone from about sort of between 3000K
down to a 2200K which is the same thing you'd get in the past when you dimmed a halogen lamp down
there incandescents that very orangey white that's right and look at that the room now is completely
different atmosphere you're perhaps relaxing in the evening and you've brought that lighting level
down beautifully yeah now some people you know when we first showed that in the lams people said
well yeah what what difference does that make you know is that a desirable effect
trust me if you haven't tried it it does completely change the ambience of a room it does
take that lighting installation to another level and that yeah that's combined possibly with the
this regressed version back into the can yeah for me that is a standout in this product range
and the wattage in the range is is four to six watts and that's really important when we start
thinking about part l of the building regs isn't it yeah so obviously yeah a four watt fitting
yes it actually escapes the requirements of part l and if that's something new to
you and part l we've done a fantastic cpd on that we're going to how do you find out about
that well i would imagine there'll be a link in the description it's on our website you go over
there you watch a video on that and then you can do a few questions it's cpd accredited you
can then download your certificate and add it to your personal portfolio yeah and obviously
yeah yeah so if you never if you if part l is an alien world you take that you'll know
more than you'll ever need to know about the time you've come out of that cpd uh so these fittings
are very efficient you know the headline the range is a hundred lumens per watt right
which is at the top of the ones we've seen on the market you lose a little bit of efficiency when
you move to the uh dim to warm right but obviously that's uh that's because you're gaining that
additional features there other control options again so we've got selectable white oh right okay
how does that is there a little slider on the back of it exactly so in most of the fittings that we
see on the market the color you change the color temperature on the fitting itself and you stuck
with it yeah and that's buried away in the ceiling with these ones you don't do that every time you
can flick the switch and it will step through the colour temperatures if you've selected that
type of downloader yeah okay that's outside it's really good so operate the switch change
switch track so 3000 4000 or 6500 degrees kelvin so if you're not getting there you might want a
warmer white in the morning or in the evening and possibly something a little bit brighter in the
day or if it's in an office yeah you might want to i know you like to relax at lunchtime gary
yeah i do the rangers always goes up to ip65 so it can be used in those areas such as bathrooms etc
and the hot topic in the electrical industry at the moment and so to do with down lights
is eye joists yes and have they've been tested with yes so they've been tasked with eye joists
and again that's something we've looked at on the channel before and it's something you should check
if you're fitting particularly in new build homes yeah well it's it's all our joists or
equivalencies in those areas so we think this is a pretty powerful package you know we didn't
think it was possible to innovate anymore and down lights but as always yeah someone taking
it just that little stage further to make the electrician's life easier and importantly better
lighting for the customers probably like come with a five-year warranty wow yeah twenty-five thousand
hour uh is that is the stated lamp life on there so yeah i think this is a nice little range and
worth checking out yeah so are you thinking about fitting this f-type range from the second
are you currently fitting it is there something you want to give us back for feedback is there
something we might have missed within the range which is a hidden gem and you want to share it
with the community please leave that comment below and we will try and get back to as many as we can