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Malfunctioning ceiling lights in the main room #1928

Closed JackiePease closed 1 month ago

JackiePease commented 4 months ago

The 2 ceiling lights nearest to the alcove and laser cutter room were flashing on and off continuously (but the one nearest the laser cutter room more frequently). Switching the fuse off and on doesn't make any difference. I've switched them off for now.

JackiePease commented 3 months ago

Apparently this has been happening for a while. The lights stop flashing after they've been on for a few minutes, so less urgent, although they should still be looked at by an electrician in case the issue gets worse.

JackiePease commented 3 months ago

The lights don't seem to stop flashing now, so we're not using them at the moment. I've spoken to Mick the electrician, who believes they have reached their end of life and need to be replaced (meaning the whole unit and not just the LED disk). He's coming to take a look tomorrow.

JackiePease commented 3 months ago

Mick has temporarily replaced the malfunctioning ceiling lights with bulbs. He will source replacements and get back to us.

amcewen commented 3 months ago

I'm not 100% sure how such a feature would be described on the lights, but we should make sure we don't get the flickering type again - see https://github.com/DoESLiverpool/somebody-should/issues/808 for the backstory on that.

JackiePease commented 3 months ago

2 new ceiling lights have been fitted earlier today. They are quite bright (brightness can be adjusted but this involves accessing the light fittings directly - probably a job for Mick), but don't appear to have any flickering. It would be good to know if people find them acceptable.

JackiePease commented 3 months ago

I've spoken to Mick - the new lights are currently on their minimum setting. He's happy for us to use them for a week from now before deciding whether they should be replaced by something else (he's suggesting tubes) - @DoESsean has already mentioned that they're too bright where he's sitting. Mick says we could make a diffusing layer ourselves if we wanted too. We did have some (HIPS or polycarbonate?) dfiffusing sheet for panel lights - if we can find this or if it's cheap to buy then maybe this is an option.

DoESsean commented 3 months ago

For what it's worth, I can cope. They are very bright, but then I tend not to look directly at lights anyway. It's just a matter of getting used to the different light quality I think.

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I've spoken to Mick - the new lights are currently on their minimum setting. He's happy for us to use them for a week from now before deciding whether they should be replaced by something else (he's suggesting tubes) - @DoESsean https://github.com/DoESsean has already mentioned that they're too bright where he's sitting. Mick says we could make a diffusing layer ourselves if we wanted too. We did have some (HIPS or polycarbonate?) dfiffusing sheet for panel lights - if we can find this or if it's cheap to buy then maybe this is an option.

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JackiePease commented 1 month ago

Closing as people seem to be generally ok with the new lights although they are a bit bright - there is a separate issue #1941 for the fuse tripping.