So we are installing these Isolite http://www.isolite.com/products/product.php?id=28 fixtures that are certified by CSA to UL924 standard, but I have never seen emergency lights that are such junk! Here's a list of issues: they have 277 volts crossing 12VDC and the housing is large and could of easily been made to have some kind of separation, the wiring for the lights have no markings and these leads go right into the porcelain base which again from my experience these conductors should be rated for the heat of the lamps but I can't tell because there's no markings and typically they would also have a peice of extra heat shield over the conductors, there's a ton of knock outs on the can that I have no idea what they are for (it looks like they are made in some dudes garage that got a good deal on some scrap boxes), 70% of these lights failed the 1st NFPA 90 min test, the batteries are four batteries glued together again with no labels or listing that get screwed in with a rough metal bracket which just seems odd, the factory battery wiring harness is not really long enough to reach but it does its just pulled hard to make it which just shows that these things are junk!,
We have called Isolite and they have told us that these are listed and okay to be installed in the USA, but the people we have spoken with seem not to know much. We did not supply these lights and the people we work with say just don't bring anything up to your inspector. We don't want to be the company that puts in crappy lights and something happens down the road and someone dies because of this product. I know most of you will say refuse to install them, but things don't always work like that and we can't afford to quit our jobs. I'm looking for some others thoughts on how to approach this without looking like a crybaby. Yes we can bring it up to our inspector, but is there anything else we can do to ensure they are truly safe? I have never seen 14 out of 20 lights fail let alone emergency lights and Isolite is saying that they have not had any failures of these lights and was asking if we wired them up correctly --well they did put a sticker telling us 'green' was ground, 'white' is neutral, orange = 277v, black = 120v, red = 387v thank God because I had no idea green was ground.
Thanks guys maybe this is more of a rant, but I would like to hear if anyone has used these before and all your thoughts.
We have called Isolite and they have told us that these are listed and okay to be installed in the USA, but the people we have spoken with seem not to know much. We did not supply these lights and the people we work with say just don't bring anything up to your inspector. We don't want to be the company that puts in crappy lights and something happens down the road and someone dies because of this product. I know most of you will say refuse to install them, but things don't always work like that and we can't afford to quit our jobs. I'm looking for some others thoughts on how to approach this without looking like a crybaby. Yes we can bring it up to our inspector, but is there anything else we can do to ensure they are truly safe? I have never seen 14 out of 20 lights fail let alone emergency lights and Isolite is saying that they have not had any failures of these lights and was asking if we wired them up correctly --well they did put a sticker telling us 'green' was ground, 'white' is neutral, orange = 277v, black = 120v, red = 387v thank God because I had no idea green was ground.
Thanks guys maybe this is more of a rant, but I would like to hear if anyone has used these before and all your thoughts.