Commercial Kitchen

[Newpark7]

Hi Everyone

We have been asked to install suitable lighting in a commercial kitchen, the lights are to be mounted under a Stainless steel extractor canopy to light the stove areas so will be subject to heat and cooking steam & vapour.

Has anyone got experience of this and can suggest a suitable make or supplier of such lighting please?

Thank you

Newpark7

 

[mogga]

worst place for lighting to operate as
1 tight getting maintenance

2 grease ect

3 heat isnt so much of an issue as most will go up the extractor
4 ingress from top fixings due to steam condensating on the stainless steel

Id suggest looking at "Designplan" fittings ( expensive BUT quality)they make utility fittings for subways ect I wouldnt go for something like Thorn Aquatron due to the grease and heat causing the clips to break and warping the plastic base
Good luck

 

[bugsy]

Thorn lighting

 

[Deleted member 26818]

You should fully enclose the tubes, to prevent broken glass getting in the food.
They make thin plastic covers for this purpose.
I'd probably go with weatherproof fittings.

 

[netblindpaul]

^ as per Spin IIRC you MUST enclose the tubes to prevent glass getting into the food it may even be in statute law somewhere, though I would have to look it up.

 

[malcolmsanford]

6 FOOT- SINGLE IP65 FLUORECENT

Always used these IP65 fittings for under hood lighting

 

[Knobhead]

Ye gods, there the same fittings I was using 20+ years ago!

Hope they’ve improved a bit. (Probably not).

 

[Des 56]

Ye gods, there the same fittings I was using 20+ years ago!

Hope they’ve improved a bit. (Probably not).

Indeed they have
Here is a fitting ideal for commercial cooker hoods,it overcomes all the problems

Telescopic floodlights - Slingsby

 

[Knobhead]

Yes very funny :73:

 

[mogga]

Iv seen some done with applyby ,coughtree bulkhead fittings

 

[Knobhead]

Again donkeys years old but bloody good fittings!

 

[philgrady]

Hi All,
i've been using these with a lot of success. Nice and bright lights, easy to fit.

Kitchen Lighting For Extractor Hoods| Kitchen 10 W Floodlight | Commercial kitchen extraction lights