Ceiling halogen light fitting pins ???

georgiac

Sorry if this doesn't make techie sense.

I have ceiling downlights and have lost a couple of the retaining pins holding the bulbs in place.

They are the springy almost circluar type that click into the light fitting.

There must be a real knack to this as mine just spring out again.

Does anyone happen to know what these are actually called and where I can buy them.

Thanks.

ormus

think theyre just called retaining clips/springs.
no idea where you buy them as spares, but there is a real knack in fitting them.
if you look carefully in section view, they are slightly concave. make sure you fit them the right way round.

totalsolutions

might have a spare, What size normal or mini ... what hapenned to yours? Try B&Q ask at the returns point for a part from any faulty units...

georgiac

totalsolutions wrote: »

... what hapenned to yours?..

You would have to see my OH's "office" see. junk yard to understand how a clip could go awol.:rolleyes:

They are about 40cm across approx.

I will give B&Q a try thanks.

isofa

http://www.screwfix.com have many, have a search for ceiling, downlights and halogens

totalsolutions

can you not just use 1 clip per light and "borrow" from another light unit?