Spare ballast socket for fluorescent/led fixture?

[kerching]

if you modify the internals of the fittings, would it then need to be CE marked? @Sidewinder

Good point!

the LED lamp ",should" :innocent  be CE marked

but would this then carry on to the "completed assembly" ?

utthekettleon :coffee

 

[Sidewinder]

Technically yes, posts he from a train, having just left a meeting on the topic with a major London airport ...

 

[Lurch]

if you modify the internals of the fittings, would it then need to be CE marked? @Sidewinder

Only if you wanted it to be CE marked. Once you have modified it it is basically an enclosure with things in it, much like any adaptable box type thing.

 

[Sidewinder]

Only if you wanted it to be CE marked. Once you have modified it it is basically an enclosure with things in it, much like any adaptable box type thing.

However, it would not meet the requirements for it being legal to place on the market, and, you would be the one placing the modified equipment on the market, you would be the one breaking the law.

Like it or not.

 

[Lurch]

However, it would not meet the requirements for it being legal to place on the market, and, you would be the one placing the modified equipment on the market, you would be the one breaking the law.

On the market? Does this include already installed fittings? What if I buy an empty enclosure and fit things in/on it?

 

[Sidewinder]

You make the assembly therefore you place it on the market, thus it is down to you & your product liability insurance.

 

[binky]

but if you are modifying a florrie to LED in line with LED manufacturers instructions.....

 

[Andy™]

but if you are modifying a florrie to LED in line with LED manufacturers instructions.....

i doubt the MI of the original fitting says you can modify it to fit LED

 

[phil d]

i doubt the MI of the original fitting says you can modify it to fit LED

I think in a case like this, it would just invalidate any warranties, CE certification etc, since it's being modified for his own use, then a lot of stuff doesn't apply, a bit like angle grinders, it's illegal to sell them without a guard, however loads of people take the guards off. In your own home there's nothing anyone can do to stop you using an unguarded grinder at home, using it in a factory is different, but do it at home and if you get hurt it becomes a case of "stupid is as stupid does".

 

[binky]

i doubt the MI of the original fitting says you can modify it to fit LED

Probably not, but then the fitting was designed to contain 240V and still does. The whole fitting is probably safer as I wire out the ballast that gets very hot in service and melts stray cables.