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Posted by terry on February 10, 2008, 2:34 pm
>
> For $3.65 per year? Hardly seems worth the effort of installing more
> apparatus etc.? If the transformer etc. costs say $50 the pay back
> (assuming lights are left on all night?) in lower energy consumption
> will take something of the order of 5-8 years? If only occasionally
> the payabck will probably be 'never'.
>
> Stairwell lights are not about money.
>
> Considering that he has four, it may be a rental units. If a stairwell lig=
ht
> goes out, it is a code violation. =A0It does not matter if it is an absent=
ee
> landlord and no one reports the light out, he still gets a fine. =A0There =
is
> also the time and trouble to change bulbs in stairwells. =A0It may be very=
> difficult to reach. =A0Payback can be the cost of one light out.
Ah; more information. Maybe one of the posts is missing in the thread
I have been reading? Was not aware it was rental units and the
difficulty of reaching the light fixtures.!
Certainly would agree that in the case of landlord tenant relationship
reliable lighting could be important.
But even so; the use of low voltage transformer/rectifier and
modifying standard wiring for low voltage use sounds like it might not
conform and could perhaps confuse an electrician or inspector faced
with it later on.
Apart from cost the reliability of those low voltage transformers, the
extra fuses etc. etc.???? Maybe add an alarm in case something
misoperates?
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