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4th June 2013, 06:32 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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lamp components in Australia
Hi everyone. I have seen some amazing hand made bedside lamp images but I believe are all from the United States. Is there a supplier which sells kits to create your own custom lamps for 240v Australian power?
I get that there are legal issues with modifying the electrical components of light fixtures but basically I'm looking for somewhere (online?) to purchase the lamp components and just assemble them around a custom timber design for a lamp /bedside light. If there is anywhere to get them I'm sure this would be great to turn lamp stands also.
Thanks, Simon
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4th June 2013, 07:29 PM #2
Hartley Williams in Bris are lead lighting people. They sell components. Have a look. Damo.
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5th June 2013, 04:33 AM #3China
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I make lamps all the time I only use top quality clipsal components (electrical wholesalers) I have yet to see a impoted lamp kit that I would put my name on
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5th June 2013, 12:13 PM #4
There are plenty of sources for standard lamp fittings here in Oz, but personally I'd stick to either Clipsal or HPM brands... (It helps to think of them as Telstra & Optus, while most of t'others are imports or bit-players... such as Orange, iiNet, etc. )
eg. Bunnings stocks a HPM brand switched lampholder for $11(ish). I'm fairly sure they also stock the required 240VAC 2-core flex and power plugs.
(I haven't seen them in the Bunnings list, but HPM also make unswitched & side-entry lampholders as well, if you want to put the switch inline in the flex or cannot run the flex thru the stand or...
As China also pointed out; the cheapest places to buy this sort of thing tend to be Electrical Wholesalers.
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5th June 2013, 12:31 PM #5
Just remember the electrical licensing laws in Australia especially if you are selling them.
They have to be tagged by a licenced Electrician.
At 12 years old I used to drill a hole in bottles and make lamps doing my own wiring, but I was not in Australia then.
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5th June 2013, 02:26 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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In terms of the theoretical difficulty of doing something like this, is it much the same as replacing a household lighting fixture with a new one (disconnect wires, put new stuff in place, re-connect wires to the appropriately marked holes)?
And in Australia is it legal to make your own and then have it inspected, tested and tagged by a licenced test & tag person (or full blown electrician perhaps)? This seems preferable and cheaper than just making a timber lamp frame and then making an electrician actually do the work of fitting all the parts and cabling.
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5th June 2013, 03:08 PM #7
Yes it is legal to have it tagged and some firms will do it at a price (used to be $5 probably gone up)
Funny you should chose replacing a light fitting, I have seen more people land on their bum doing that than anything else. Usually someone who is used to doing it in an other country, they think you just have to switch the light off but here the active (live in UK, Hot in USA) has a looping terminal on the fitting and you have to isolate the whole circuit.
This also courses confusion with the markings AU A, N, L, E, for Active, Neutral, Loop and Earth others L, N for Live and Neutral, as most don't loop the Active (Live) and Earth at each fitting as is done here.
Electrical work is not hard you just have to know what you are doing so you don't get bitten or electrocute someone else, that is why the powers that be insist on licences.
RegardsHugh
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5th June 2013, 03:37 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks Hugh.
I'll hit up my local electrical wholesaler (I'm a member due to my previous work as a contractor and bought heaps of CAT5 cable) for lamp components, and then get to (wood)work, and will then sort out someone to test and tag my work when done. I love the idea of installing a custom timber switch in line in the cord, but this may present some challenges. If I don't report back here with results within six months, someone please send my wife some flowers
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5th June 2013, 06:19 PM #10Hugh
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