Discontinued JCC Fireguard Matrix mains-voltage fire-rated low-energy downlight, 15W, brushed nickel — 33 units of new-old-stock surplus held ex-warehouse Leicester, UK. A fire-rated recessed downlight supplied complete with its low-energy lamp.
This is UK liquidation stock held ex-warehouse Leicester, catalogued per-SKU here for buyers researching the range. It belongs to the JCC commercial-lighting whole-lot parcel (~8,585 units, GBP 8,500 ex-VAT the lot) and is not sold as a separate item — the parcel ships as one lot, trade only.
Box-label photo evidence — JC94040 in nickel finish.
The JCC JC94040 is a Fireguard Range Matrix mains-voltage fire-rated low-energy downlight, rated 15W and finished in brushed nickel. This holding is 33 unused units of discontinued, ex-distribution new-old-stock surplus. The defining feature is in the name: Fireguard denotes a fire-rated downlight, engineered to restore the fire-resistance integrity of a ceiling that a recessed cut-out would otherwise breach. That is a regulated, non-negotiable requirement in a great many buildings, which sets this fitting apart from an ordinary decorative downlight.
Fire-rated downlights are specified wherever a recessed fitting penetrates a fire-compartment ceiling — flats and apartments, houses in multiple occupation, hotels, care homes, student accommodation and commercial premises with rated floor/ceiling constructions. Building Regulations require the fire performance of the ceiling to be maintained, and a fire-rated luminaire like the Fireguard achieves that with an intumescent seal that closes the aperture in a fire. Because compliance is mandatory rather than optional, demand for correct fire-rated fittings is steady and non-discretionary, and the brushed-nickel finish adds a decorative option above the usual white or chrome for higher-spec residential and hospitality schemes.
On compliance, this line is supplied complete with its original low-energy (CFL) lamp as legal pre-ban sell-through stock. Compact fluorescent lamps were phased out from early 2023, but this is pre-2015 UK placed-on-market inventory, which sits ahead of the cut-off and can be lawfully resold and installed as-is. A buyer who prefers current running costs and instant-start behaviour can, of course, refit the same fire-rated housing with a modern LED lamp or LED module of the appropriate cap — the fire-rated body is the enduring, regulated asset and long outlives the CFL lamp technology it originally shipped with.
For the trade, fire-rated downlights are among the most defensible surplus lines because their value rests on certification and compliance, not fashion. A wholesaler or maintenance contractor supplying refurbishment and letting work can always place correct fire-rated fittings, and a like-for-like replacement is frequently the fastest compliant fix when one fails in an existing rated ceiling. Thirty-three matched units in a decorative brushed-nickel finish suits a boutique refurbishment, a phased HMO or apartment upgrade, or a steady trade-counter and online resale line.
Commercially the JC94040 is offered as UK surplus / liquidation stock for trade and resale only. It is not a retail product and is not sold as a stand-alone line: it forms part of Austral Prime's JCC commercial lighting whole-lot bulk package — roughly 8,585 units across infrastructure, fittings and architectural hardware, supplied as a single lot for GBP 8,500 (ex-VAT) ex-warehouse Leicester. The whole-lot structure lets one buyer take the entire discontinued range at clearance economics and then place the individual lines into their own maintenance, refurbishment, retrofit or export channels at trade margin.
End applications are broad and regulation-driven: residential and apartment refurbishment, HMO and letting maintenance, hotels and care homes, student accommodation and any commercial premises with fire-rated ceiling constructions. Because the housing accepts an LED lamp upgrade, the fitting has a long compliant life ahead of it rather than being tied to CFL, and re-using sound certified fire-rated bodies rather than scrapping them supports a clean repair-and-reuse story for buyers on a circular refurbishment model.
On the resale economics, fire-rated downlights are valued on certification rather than fashion, so they hold price better than decorative fittings and rarely need discounting to move; comparable new fire-rated downlights sit well above surplus clearance economics. The brushed-nickel finish adds a further premium over the usual white, opening the higher-spec residential and hospitality niche, and because the housing accepts an LED lamp or module upgrade the compliance value is not tied to the obsolete CFL. A run of 33 matched certified fittings therefore suits a boutique refurbishment, a phased HMO or apartment upgrade, or a steady compliance-led trade-counter and online resale line, where a like-for-like fire-rated replacement is often the fastest lawful fix a maintenance buyer can specify.
Typical buyers are electrical wholesalers, refurbishment and fit-out suppliers, lighting refurbishers, landlord and letting maintenance contractors, and pallet and job-lot liquidation traders, including export resellers serving the EU or Australian markets. UK supply is subject to VAT at the standard rate (reclaimable by VAT-registered buyers); exports removed from the UK may be zero-rated on valid evidence. The full per-SKU manifest — quantities, locations, dimensions and box-label photography — is available on enquiry. Title and risk pass on dispatch from Leicester; buyers collect or arrange their own freight. Sale is 'as is', on documentary (not third-party audited) evidence, with photographs supplied ahead of commitment.
The JC94040 fireguard matrix fire-rated low-energy downlight is supplied as part of the JCC whole-lot parcel. Register interest in the lot or request the full trade manifest and photographs.