TLW | A Guide to IP Ratings and IP Zones

Daniel Hughes explains all about IP Ratings in LED lighting and the different IP zones. This is extremely important to understand when planning bathroom lighting.

IP Ratings

IP rating or Ingress Protection rating are used to define the level of protection an electrical product has against foreign bodies such as dirt, tools and moisture.

IP ratings contain two digits: The Ingress Protection marketing as well as the Solid and Water protection.

IP Zones

When you are selecting LED lighting for a bathroom, you need to understand the IP zones.

Zone 0: Inside bath or shower
Zone 1: Above the bath (to 2.25m high)- Requires at least IPX4
Zone 2: The area to 0.6 outside the bath and 2.25m high- Requires at least IPX4

00:00 Guide to IP Ratings & Zones
00:08 IP Rating
00:41 IP44 Rated Example
00:54: IP Zones

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Is under the bath. Outside the zones? If you need a tool to access it?