This is because water and the contaminants within it acts as a.
Water in light fixture fire hazard.
Water leaks may cause a fire albeit a little indirectly.
High intensity discharge lighting idle pallets and unique hazards associated with cold storage warehouses.
These leaks can cause mold or corrosion on the electrical wires which can then result in these wires experiencing short circuits and possibly starting a fire.
Another major risk of light fixture leaks is a collapsing ceiling.
Electrical fires are not one of those that you should put off using water.
In this blog series we will review three of those hazards.
Water leaking from a light fixture in the ceiling can be a serious electrical and fire hazard.
When water infiltrates an electrical fixture it may result in sparking and fire.
We first spotted this warning about a fire hazard associated with cfl bulbs accompanied by a photo of a bulb made by globe electric a firm which has its head office in montreal but.
Also because the water has weakened the drywall it could collapse.
That means that mold or corrosion may well have developed which will damage the wires creating short circuits.
There are many fire hazards commonly present in warehouses beyond the obvious presence of high combustible loading from rack and palletized storage arrays.