Low pass rate of lighting fixtures at home

Recently, it was reported that when Guangzhou spotted a batch of lamps, it was found that more than 40% of the lamps were unqualified, which caused us to worry about it. The quality of lighting fixtures has become a big issue that cannot be ignored.

Event Review: Lighting products fail to pass 40% soft decorations allow netizens to shout headaches

The Bureau of Quality Supervision and Administration of the People's Republic of China has collected 7 batches of samples produced by 5 lighting companies. There are 3 batches of products from 2 companies that do not meet the standard requirements, and more than 40% are unqualified. The cast light produced by Guangzhou Yajiang Optoelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. (model specification YG-LED321W, date of production 2011-11-07) is unqualified for heat resistance, fire resistance and electrical resistance (refractory), mainly due to the insulating material used by the manufacturer. Poor heat resistance, high temperature softening deformation, reduced electrical clearance and creepage distance, severe electrical shock risk. The same as the stage light produced by Guangzhou Yajiang Optoelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd. (model specification YG-LED307, production date 2011-09-15) Harmonic current project does not pass; and the Liangmei set continuous type produced by Guangzhou Liangmeiji Lighting Co., Ltd. Wall Washer (model specification C1004, production date 2011-12-03) External wiring is not qualified.

Market Status Quo: Market Confusion How to Deal with Hygiene

The price is always the most valued by consumers. Lamps and lighting are one of the most important decorative materials in modern (modern renderings) home improvement that reflect the owner's style and decorating grade. They are used in light colors, shapes, and combinations of multiple lights. Can create a different home feeling, such as the living room, you can choose some bright, colorful chandeliers, supplemented by elegant and elegant wall lamp, both to show the owner of the generous and generous, but also for the bedroom a lot of color.

Lighting market chaos
However, it should be noted that at present, some lighting markets are mixed and the quality of lighting products is uneven, and the price of lamps and lanterns is a trap. So, what are the pitfalls of the lighting market? How should consumers buy? The author recently visited the main lighting market in Chengdu together with people in the industry.

A few days ago, reporters found several major living room lamps in the Chengdu Dongheng International Lamps and Lighting Co., Ltd., and several common floor lamps highlighted the personalized design. From time to time, consumers asked about the price, but the price given by the merchant. It is a bit "unpredictable."

The same style, size of a floor lamp, some businesses price "preferential price of 1,500 yuan," some businesses outcry "900 yuan", and some businesses are bluntly stated on the label "Special 1100 yuan, declined yet price". In accordance with the most common purchase psychology - "Cheap, no good goods," the reporter asked the seller "1500 yuan" if there is a discount, a salesman immediately picked up the computer and said after a beat: "Buyer, I also Look at you for a few laps. Look like this, sincerely, give you a 6-fold discount of 900 yuan. Then, the reporter went to the store where he had yelled at a price of "900 yuan," and asked if he could "offer a little more." The answer given by the salesperson is "800 yuan, no package is not installed."

Lighting industry cut corners
Quality problems have always been a long-standing problem in the lighting industry. Last year, the quality inspection results of relevant quality supervision departments showed that the quality qualification rate of the lighting industry was not satisfactory, and the pass rate of some local energy-saving lamps was even less than 20%. The results of spot checks of the lighting products in recent years are equally unfavorable. Sixty percent of Jiangxi's emergency lights are unqualified, and the quality of the lamps and lanterns of quality supervision departments in Hunan has failed to pass the inspection. We also often see online or in newspapers that someone in a certain place has been damaged by a crystal or lantern that has fallen from the ceiling. Businessmen have to pay for the loss of news.

Some merchants and enterprises slammed and accused accessories companies of cutting corners and materials, resulting in lighting products in the pressure, high temperature, flame retardant and other aspects do not meet the production requirements, quality is not qualified, and accessories companies are also bitter to say: "I also We do not want to do waste products. If it is not for finished products, we do not need to do so." Who should be responsible for consumers?

This way, some of the accessories companies nowadays have shoddy products that are not well-known for them. They can be said to be diverse in their methods and methods, and they are constantly refurbishing. There is nothing but the following situations.

The thickness of the product material is not enough, which is particularly evident in hardware, glass and other accessories. Many finished lighting products now use chassis of various thicknesses, such as ceiling lamps and flat low-voltage lamp chassis. When customers purchase these lamps, holding high quality products and poor quality products in their hands, it is obvious that the weight of the products is not the same. This is because 0.8 cm of the chassis was originally required, and some companies only produced 0.6 cm or even thinner. The product. Such a chassis is easily bent due to high temperature and gravity, and the product is easily deformed and distorted.

Industry reasons: lack of standards in the industry, consumers seduce the industry: the quality of products is worrying that the industry needs to be regulated.
Compared with some mature industries such as home appliance industry, the relative confusion of the lighting industry is an indisputable fact. According to industry insiders, the number of large and small companies in the industry is innumerable, and the products produced are very different from the design to the quality. This is actually the main reason why all kinds of unqualified lamps flood the market.

So far, there are no leading companies in the domestic lighting brands that have obvious comprehensive advantages like GE, Philips, and Osram. There are many companies in the industry, and there are many mixed companies and lack of leading brands. Of course, in recent years, some companies have grown from small to large, weak to strong, and have gradually occupied a place in the industry. We can also see from the random inspection reports from various regions that the products produced by these relatively well-known companies are of relatively good quality. Most of the unqualified or even inferior products are produced by some “workshop” type small enterprises. China Lighting Association experts told reporters that China's lighting industry entry threshold is low, especially without technical threshold. If the production of lamps and lanterns only meets the requirements that can be lighted, then enterprises can start production as long as they invest tens of thousands of dollars. Many small-scale, low-input enterprises enter the market with insufficient technology and funds, do not pursue long-term development, and only pursue For short-term benefits, the quality of the product will not naturally go. This kind of company has a lot of presence in the lighting market. It is not surprising that the overall qualification rate of the lighting products is low.

In the case of relatively loose entry and low industry barriers, supervision is particularly important, but testing is difficult to manage. At present, the inspection of lamps and lanterns is generally conducted by the industry and commerce administration department to make quality inspections once a year for products in circulation, and the quality inspection department conducts spot checks on products in the production field. After the inspection results are announced, the products that are not qualified will be ordered out of order and the company will be punished, requiring them to complete rectification within a certain period of time. However, some “workshop”-style small businesses often escape the “splashes” and sell them. There is no reform at all, and some companies leave after earning one vote. Some people say that in the town of lighting, a distribution center for lighting decoration effects, I don't know how many companies are drained every day. I wonder how many companies have opened. This sentence truly reflects the current status of the industry. In this way, once the punished companies exit the market, they have a large number of new products flowing into the market every day. The difficulty of monitoring can be imagined.

Consumers: Most people lack the safety awareness

Recently, the author noticed in some lighting store interviews that most of the customers who buy lamps and lanterns pay more attention to the style, price and appearance, and basically do not involve the safety of lamps.

Most people lack the safety awareness by taking light from appearances.

In a lighting fixture store, the author interviewed randomly some consumers who are buying lamps. Miss Rong Rong told the author that she bought the lamp to see the price and style. As for safety issues, it is rarely involved. "There should be relevant safety standards, but I don't know. The sales staff said that their products are all qualified. There should be no quality problems with the certificates."

Afterwards, the author visited seven lighting shops in the county, and five of the lighting shop staff were stunned by what they called “Type 0” lamps. In addition, several consumers who buy lamps do not understand “Type 0” lamps. Consumers have expressed "unclear". “When it comes to purchasing, it mainly depends on the style of the lamp, and the other is whether the brightness is appropriate.” The customer, Miss Chen, told the author, “I really don’t know that there is a security level division.” At present, there are a lot of low-level security levels in the market. Zero-type lamps, many businesses know very little about the new standard, many consumers of the lighting classification is "confusing." A clerk said: "We sell dozens of lamps every day. No one asks about the security category. Everyone chooses design and manufacturing techniques."

Consumer Weapons: Good or bad lamps can not just look at the surface to stay and choose to prevent pit inspection lamps are good or bad for industry insiders to guide you

When a lamp has entered our eyes, will we buy it? Have you considered the quality of it? How to check the quality of lamps? In this article will give you a check method.

(a) Check the integrity of the lighting structure

Whether there is protection at the output hole of the wire, there should be no sharp edges, otherwise it will cut the wire and produce conductive phenomenon; movable lamps, such as table lamps, floor lamps, etc., the wire should have fixed wire device at the entrance of the lamp, its role is to prevent the power line When pushing back and forth to touch the heating element, causing the insulation wire to heat or even melt, it is easy to cause the conductive phenomenon.

(b) Checking the appearance of lamps

1. Marking: From above, we will see the brand, model, rated voltage, rated power and other contents of the lamps and lanterns, to determine whether this lamp meets our requirements for use; the limitation of the rated power is also critical, such as the lamp we purchased The power is 60W, but we can install it with a 100W light bulb, which will inevitably damage the use of the lamps, and it will easily lead to conduction. 2. Anti-electric shock devices, no matter if it is a light fixture, we should not touch the electric shock components after all the electric devices are powered on. If it can be touched, it will be a leakage current. When checking, we can use our smallest finger to touch without power, and if it doesn't, then the light fixture is compliant with us. Regarding the wire, there are standards, the minimum cross-sectional area of ​​the wire should not be less than 0.5mm2, there will certainly be many wires on the market that are smaller than this standard, such wire is easy to scorch, a short circuit occurs, resulting in danger. Therefore, we must look at the mark printed on the insulating layer of the wire at the time of purchase, and look at less than 0.5mm2.

(c) Check other accessories that make up the lamp, such as ballasts

(1) If electronic ballasts are used for purchased lamps, lamps equipped with anomalously protected electronic ballasts should be used. What is anomalous protection is the protection of the luminaire when it is in an unconventional state during the use of the luminaire and protects the galvanic device from normal operation. (2) If the luminaire purchased uses an inductance ballast, look at the sign on the ballast and there is a TW value (rated operating temperature). The higher the value, the longer the ballast will be used.

Buy lamps and lanterns are greedy for cheaper safety coordination for the best

The lighting is the most attractive flirting room in the home. Different shapes, colors, materials, and sizes can create different lighting effects for different living rooms and show different expressions of the bedroom. Today, in the face of the market, a large number of thousands of lamps, do you feel a bit dazzling?

How to choose household lamps

In fact, when choosing lamps, you mainly have to consider the following three aspects:

First of all, you should choose the style of the lamp according to your actual needs and personal preferences. For example, if you pay attention to the practicality of lamps, you should choose dark, dark red and other dark-lined ceiling lamps or floor lamps. If you pay attention to the decorative style and pursue a modern (modern decoration renderings) style, you can choose a lively point. Lighting (lighting decoration renderings). If you like lamps with ethnic characteristics, you can choose floor lamps for sculptures.

Second, the color of the lamps and lanterns should be in harmony with the style of home furnishings. The layout of the room lighting must take into account the style of the interior furniture, the color of the wall, and the color of the household appliances. Otherwise, the overall shade of the lighting and the room will be inconsistent, but it will be self-defeating. For example, the color of the indoor wallpaper is light-colored, and the warm-colored incandescent light should be used as the light source, so that a bright and soft light environment can be created.

Finally, the size of the light fixture is to be combined with the area of ​​the room, the size of the furniture, and the corresponding size. For small living rooms below 12 square meters, ceiling lamps or wall lamps with a diameter of 200 mm or less should be used. The number and size of the lamps should be suitable to avoid overcrowding. In the living room of about 15 square meters, a ceiling lamp with a diameter of about 300 millimeters or a multi-pronged chandelier shall be used. The maximum diameter of the lamp shall not exceed 400 mm. Placing a spotlight or a wall lamp on both sides of a mural will do better.

Home life, according to different functions, lamps can be divided into two types of architectural lamps and decorative lamps. According to reports, architectural lighting is to be combined with architectural structures, such as downlights, wall lights, ceiling lamps, downlights, etc. Although these lamps have many options in style, they are relatively single in terms of functionality. Therefore, before the home renovation, To fully consider the actual function of each fixture after the renovation, do not pay too much attention to style and ignore practicality.

Decorative lamps are relatively free to choose. At present, decorative lamps and lanterns are widely available on the market. When home decoration, different families can match according to their own decoration style, for example, many families now like crystal lamps, Japanese-style (Japanese-style decoration renderings) style lights, American (American decoration renderings) style lights. In addition, there are also some special shapes of lamps can also choose. From the perspective of lighting effects, decorative lamps are mainly used for decoration. Therefore, although some lamps are very attractive, their functions are relatively poor, and they must be considered when selecting them.