anyone else had any quality control issues with lighting products brought from lighting plus stores ( St Lukes specifically )
For an apparently reputable retailer so far during a lighting change in a house reno I have had
15 dodgy Tango downlight fitting where the sping clip would break off during installtion into the ceiling . A dud batch apparently. ( Sorry bout that but we wont cough you additional electrician callout costs . )
2 Halgen bulbs explode within 5 minutes of being installed sending hot shards of broken glass across the lounge
And now have just installed 3 LED's into the bathroom which make a high pitch whining sound when running . I assume this isnt normal so thinking dud bulbs again( does anyone know if this would be the case ! )
Would avoid these guys in the future
ryanm2,
Feb 14, 6:13pm
Yeah - we are forever replacing Lighting Plus products, the lamps they supply, Allume brand are terrible as are the halogen tranny's, 'Star' brand I believe. You are certainly not alone with your issues. High end lighting products can be just as bad though.
t_naki,
Feb 14, 7:03pm
We install a lot of their products but have stopped buying transformers and lamps because of all the problems. When something went faulty they wanted us to have their electrician come onto our site to asses the installation and see if it was an installation fault or a product error. We did that once but when the second tranny went on the same job we threw it in and now buy lamps and trannies from our normal wholesalers
aabbcc1,
Feb 14, 7:19pm
cheers Tnaki , you sound like a sparky so I take it my LEDs shouldnt be making a noise when they are on !
katalin2,
Feb 14, 7:31pm
We went with Lighting Direct for our new house- had one problem, they came and replaced the light fitting using their own electrician.Had heaps of help from them while we were choosing fittings; and because they had a really good across the board discount when we came to collect the house lot, they applied the discount to the already discounted items. They were great to deal with- would be happy to go back in the future.
t_naki,
Feb 15, 4:34am
No they should not make any noise. Are they the 12V ones or 230V, some 12V LED replacement lamps have trouble because the transformers don't like running as such a low wattage because they are designed to work at 35W or 50W and LEDs are usually less than 10W. If they are 230V then its just a faulty lamp.
And anyone who buys anything because they offer a discount is a fool. Never look at how much discount they offer, look at the price. A lighting plus sale is like a briscoes sale, they are every week. As a tradesman I have a platinum card that guaranties that I will always pay less than the sale price, so they really mean nothing
cary14,
Feb 15, 5:54pm
Yep we had them do all our fittings for our new house and no problems.Fantastic discounts and 2 yrs later still getting the same discounts on any purchases.
henreitta,
Mar 9, 3:06am
Yep ,Manakau city,never again will i use them, i have to replace my light fittingswhen i can afford to, expensive lesson
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