{"title":"Zone 0 — Inside The Bath Or Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eInside the bath itself or inside the shower tray: the only place a fitting can be submerged. Everything here is IP67 and SELV at 12V maximum, fed from a transformer sited outside the zones. Nothing else may go here, whatever a marketplace listing claims.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"wet-room-lighting-package-with-zone-0-floor-lights-in-brushed-chrome","title":"Wet Room Lighting Package with Zone 0 Floor Lights in Brushed Chrome","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a room that is wet all day: IP67 SELV floor lights inside the shower area itself, running at 12 volts with the transformer outside the zones, which is the only lawful way to put a light there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBathroom lighting is the one part of a house where getting it wrong is a safety matter rather than a taste matter, and it is sold almost entirely on photographs. Every listing here states the zone the fitting may be installed in, the IP rating with both digits explained, the colour rendering index, the lumen output and the efficacy in lumens per circuit watt. If a fitting is not suitable above a bath we say so on the page you are buying it from. If a mirror is backlit and will not light your face, we say that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZone: zone 0, which is inside the bath or the shower tray itself. A fitting here must be IP67 and must run at SELV, meaning 12 volts or less with the transformer outside the zones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP rating: IP67. Dust tight and protected against temporary immersion in up to a metre of water, which is what zone 0 requires and what a fitting in a shower tray or a bath surround has to be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: varies by fitting, and every one is listed with its cut out and its overall diameter in the pack list\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight output: 4200 lumens across the package at 86 lumens per circuit watt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour temperature: chosen above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour rendering: CRI 95, measured, with R9 above 60. R9 is the deep red value and it is the one that decides whether skin looks like skin. Most bathroom fittings quote a CRI in the eighties and do not quote R9 at all, which is how you end up shaving by a light that makes you look ill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimming: mains dimmable, and the SELV circuits dim on the transformer rather than on the mains side, which is what stops a 12 volt fitting flickering at the bottom of the dial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectrical: SELV, 12 volts, with the transformer sited outside the zones. This is what makes the fitting legal in zone 0 and it is not optional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire rating: fire rated to 30, 60 and 90 minutes, tested to BS 476 Part 21 in both plasterboard and timber joist constructions, and the test certificate is downloadable from this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandards: BS EN 60598 for luminaires, BS EN 62471 photobiological safety at the exempt group, BS EN 55015 for electromagnetic emissions, UKCA and CE marked, plus IP testing to BS EN 60529 with a certificate on file\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 12.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuarantee: seven years on the fitting, the LED module and the driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: the same triple plate with a directional brush, which hides limescale spotting far better than polished does and is the sensible choice in a hard water area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrosion: triple plated over brass, salt spray tested to 500 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGaskets: silicone, captive, and replaceable without removing the fitting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbient rating: 45 degrees, which is a wet room specification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrainage: every recessed fitting is drilled and gasketed so condensate cannot pool on the lens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery fitting in the package\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe SELV transformer where required\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP68 rated gel filled connectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esilicone gaskets and spare gaskets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea zone drawing for your room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP test certificates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstallation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA registered electrician. Electrical work in a room containing a bath or a shower is notifiable under Part P of the Building Regulations in England and Wales. That means it has to be done by a registered electrician or signed off by building control. Replacing a like for like fitting on an existing circuit is not notifiable. Adding a new circuit, a new socket or a new spur is. On a wet room the two things that matter are the transformer position for any SELV circuit, which must be outside the zones, and the gasket seating, which has to be clean and dry when the fitting goes in. A gasket compressed onto a speck of plaster leaks for the rest of its life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChoosing between this and the alternatives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wet room is not a bathroom with more tiles. The humidity is higher for longer, the fittings are wetted directly rather than splashed, and the corrosion problem is real: 304 stainless, which is what most of the trade sells as stainless, will show orange tea staining within two or three years in a wet room and looks like rust because it is. Everything on this page is 316 or triple plated brass, and we state the salt spray hours rather than the word stainless.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bathe and Beam","offers":[{"title":"2700K warm white","offer_id":58023119061374,"sku":"BBM-WRP-004-27","price":1949.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"3000K warm white","offer_id":58023119094142,"sku":"BBM-WRP-004-30","price":1949.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"4000K neutral white","offer_id":58023119126910,"sku":"BBM-WRP-004-40","price":1949.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/1527\/9230\/files\/Wet_Room_Lighting_Package_with_Zone_0_Floor_Lights_in_Brushed_Chrome.jpg?v=1789239874"},{"product_id":"wet-room-lighting-package-with-zone-0-floor-lights-in-brushed-stainless","title":"Wet Room Lighting Package with Zone 0 Floor Lights in Brushed Stainless","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a room that is wet all day: IP67 SELV floor lights inside the shower area itself, running at 12 volts with the transformer outside the zones, which is the only lawful way to put a light there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBathroom lighting is the one part of a house where getting it wrong is a safety matter rather than a taste matter, and it is sold almost entirely on photographs. Every listing here states the zone the fitting may be installed in, the IP rating with both digits explained, the colour rendering index, the lumen output and the efficacy in lumens per circuit watt. If a fitting is not suitable above a bath we say so on the page you are buying it from. If a mirror is backlit and will not light your face, we say that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZone: zone 0, which is inside the bath or the shower tray itself. A fitting here must be IP67 and must run at SELV, meaning 12 volts or less with the transformer outside the zones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP rating: IP67. Dust tight and protected against temporary immersion in up to a metre of water, which is what zone 0 requires and what a fitting in a shower tray or a bath surround has to be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: varies by fitting, and every one is listed with its cut out and its overall diameter in the pack list\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight output: 4200 lumens across the package at 86 lumens per circuit watt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour temperature: chosen above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour rendering: CRI 95, measured, with R9 above 60. R9 is the deep red value and it is the one that decides whether skin looks like skin. Most bathroom fittings quote a CRI in the eighties and do not quote R9 at all, which is how you end up shaving by a light that makes you look ill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimming: mains dimmable, and the SELV circuits dim on the transformer rather than on the mains side, which is what stops a 12 volt fitting flickering at the bottom of the dial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectrical: SELV, 12 volts, with the transformer sited outside the zones. This is what makes the fitting legal in zone 0 and it is not optional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire rating: fire rated to 30, 60 and 90 minutes, tested to BS 476 Part 21 in both plasterboard and timber joist constructions, and the test certificate is downloadable from this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandards: BS EN 60598 for luminaires, BS EN 62471 photobiological safety at the exempt group, BS EN 55015 for electromagnetic emissions, UKCA and CE marked, plus IP testing to BS EN 60529 with a certificate on file\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 14.9 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuarantee: seven years on the fitting, the LED module and the driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: marine grade 316 stainless, not the 304 that most of the trade uses. In a wet room or a coastal house 304 will tea stain within a couple of years and 316 will not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrosion: 316 marine grade stainless, salt spray tested to 1000 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGaskets: silicone, captive, and replaceable without removing the fitting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbient rating: 45 degrees, which is a wet room specification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrainage: every recessed fitting is drilled and gasketed so condensate cannot pool on the lens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery fitting in the package\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe SELV transformer where required\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP68 rated gel filled connectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esilicone gaskets and spare gaskets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea zone drawing for your room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP test certificates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstallation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA registered electrician. Electrical work in a room containing a bath or a shower is notifiable under Part P of the Building Regulations in England and Wales. That means it has to be done by a registered electrician or signed off by building control. Replacing a like for like fitting on an existing circuit is not notifiable. Adding a new circuit, a new socket or a new spur is. On a wet room the two things that matter are the transformer position for any SELV circuit, which must be outside the zones, and the gasket seating, which has to be clean and dry when the fitting goes in. A gasket compressed onto a speck of plaster leaks for the rest of its life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChoosing between this and the alternatives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wet room is not a bathroom with more tiles. The humidity is higher for longer, the fittings are wetted directly rather than splashed, and the corrosion problem is real: 304 stainless, which is what most of the trade sells as stainless, will show orange tea staining within two or three years in a wet room and looks like rust because it is. Everything on this page is 316 or triple plated brass, and we state the salt spray hours rather than the word stainless.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bathe and Beam","offers":[{"title":"2700K warm white","offer_id":58023119192446,"sku":"BBM-WRP-005-27","price":2924.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"3000K warm white","offer_id":58023119225214,"sku":"BBM-WRP-005-30","price":2924.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"4000K neutral white","offer_id":58023119257982,"sku":"BBM-WRP-005-40","price":2924.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/1527\/9230\/files\/Wet_Room_Lighting_Package_with_Zone_0_Floor_Lights_in_Brushed_Stainless.jpg?v=1789239878"},{"product_id":"wet-room-lighting-package-with-zone-0-floor-lights-in-matt-black","title":"Wet Room Lighting Package with Zone 0 Floor Lights in Matt Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a room that is wet all day: IP67 SELV floor lights inside the shower area itself, running at 12 volts with the transformer outside the zones, which is the only lawful way to put a light there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBathroom lighting is the one part of a house where getting it wrong is a safety matter rather than a taste matter, and it is sold almost entirely on photographs. Every listing here states the zone the fitting may be installed in, the IP rating with both digits explained, the colour rendering index, the lumen output and the efficacy in lumens per circuit watt. If a fitting is not suitable above a bath we say so on the page you are buying it from. If a mirror is backlit and will not light your face, we say that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZone: zone 0, which is inside the bath or the shower tray itself. A fitting here must be IP67 and must run at SELV, meaning 12 volts or less with the transformer outside the zones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP rating: IP67. Dust tight and protected against temporary immersion in up to a metre of water, which is what zone 0 requires and what a fitting in a shower tray or a bath surround has to be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: varies by fitting, and every one is listed with its cut out and its overall diameter in the pack list\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight output: 4200 lumens across the package at 86 lumens per circuit watt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour temperature: chosen above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour rendering: CRI 95, measured, with R9 above 60. R9 is the deep red value and it is the one that decides whether skin looks like skin. Most bathroom fittings quote a CRI in the eighties and do not quote R9 at all, which is how you end up shaving by a light that makes you look ill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimming: mains dimmable, and the SELV circuits dim on the transformer rather than on the mains side, which is what stops a 12 volt fitting flickering at the bottom of the dial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectrical: SELV, 12 volts, with the transformer sited outside the zones. This is what makes the fitting legal in zone 0 and it is not optional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire rating: fire rated to 30, 60 and 90 minutes, tested to BS 476 Part 21 in both plasterboard and timber joist constructions, and the test certificate is downloadable from this page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandards: BS EN 60598 for luminaires, BS EN 62471 photobiological safety at the exempt group, BS EN 55015 for electromagnetic emissions, UKCA and CE marked, plus IP testing to BS EN 60529 with a certificate on file\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 12.6 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuarantee: seven years on the fitting, the LED module and the driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: a fine texture matt black powder coat over a chromated primer, because black paint straight onto aluminium in a bathroom lifts at the edges within two years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrosion: triple plated over brass, salt spray tested to 500 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGaskets: silicone, captive, and replaceable without removing the fitting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbient rating: 45 degrees, which is a wet room specification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrainage: every recessed fitting is drilled and gasketed so condensate cannot pool on the lens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevery fitting in the package\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe SELV transformer where required\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP68 rated gel filled connectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esilicone gaskets and spare gaskets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea zone drawing for your room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP test certificates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstallation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA registered electrician. 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The humidity is higher for longer, the fittings are wetted directly rather than splashed, and the corrosion problem is real: 304 stainless, which is what most of the trade sells as stainless, will show orange tea staining within two or three years in a wet room and looks like rust because it is. Everything on this page is 316 or triple plated brass, and we state the salt spray hours rather than the word stainless.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bathe and Beam","offers":[{"title":"2700K warm white","offer_id":58023119323518,"sku":"BBM-WRP-006-27","price":1999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"3000K warm white","offer_id":58023119356286,"sku":"BBM-WRP-006-30","price":1999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"4000K neutral white","offer_id":58023119389054,"sku":"BBM-WRP-006-40","price":1999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/1527\/9230\/files\/Wet_Room_Lighting_Package_with_Zone_0_Floor_Lights_in_Matt_Black.jpg?v=1789239876"},{"product_id":"ip67-selv-floor-light-for-zone-0-in-matt-black","title":"IP67 SELV Floor Light for Zone 0 in Matt Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eA downlight for a bathroom: a 12 volt floor light rated for temporary immersion, which is the only kind of fitting that may go inside a shower tray or a bath surround.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBathroom lighting is the one part of a house where getting it wrong is a safety matter rather than a taste matter, and it is sold almost entirely on photographs. Every listing here states the zone the fitting may be installed in, the IP rating with both digits explained, the colour rendering index, the lumen output and the efficacy in lumens per circuit watt. If a fitting is not suitable above a bath we say so on the page you are buying it from. If a mirror is backlit and will not light your face, we say that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZone: zone 0, which is inside the bath or the shower tray itself. A fitting here must be IP67 and must run at SELV, meaning 12 volts or less with the transformer outside the zones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP rating: IP67. Dust tight and protected against temporary immersion in up to a metre of water, which is what zone 0 requires and what a fitting in a shower tray or a bath surround has to be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 68mm cut out, 75mm overall, 55mm insertion depth above the ceiling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight output: 180 lumens at 68 lumens per circuit watt, 45 degree beam. Efficacy is quoted in lumens per circuit watt, which counts the driver losses, rather than lumens per chip watt, which does not. Part L of the Building Regulations asks for 75 lumens per circuit watt on new work and a great many fittings sold as compliant are quoted the other way.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour temperature: chosen above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour rendering: CRI 90, with R9 above 50, which is a good deal better than the eighties that this category usually offers and is enough for everything except colour matching makeup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimming: mains dimmable, trailing edge, to 1 per cent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectrical: SELV, 12 volts, with the transformer sited outside the zones. This is what makes the fitting legal in zone 0 and it is not optional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire rating: not fire rated. If the ceiling below is a fire compartment, which it is in a flat and in most two storey extensions, this fitting needs a fire hood or a different product\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandards: BS EN 60598 for luminaires, BS EN 62471 photobiological safety at the exempt group, BS EN 55015 for electromagnetic emissions, UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.36 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuarantee: seven years on the fitting, the LED module and the driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: a fine texture matt black powder coat over a chromated primer, because black paint straight onto aluminium in a bathroom lifts at the edges within two years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsulation: must not be covered. This fitting is not fire rated and needs a hood in a fire compartment ceiling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsertion depth: 55mm, and this is the figure that decides whether it fits your joist void\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeam angle: 45 degrees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGasket: silicone, captive, replaceable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe downlight with its driver and flex tail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean IP65 push fit connector\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea spare gasket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea cut out template\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etest certificates by download\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstallation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA registered electrician. Electrical work in a room containing a bath or a shower is notifiable under Part P of the Building Regulations in England and Wales. That means it has to be done by a registered electrician or signed off by building control. Replacing a like for like fitting on an existing circuit is not notifiable. Adding a new circuit, a new socket or a new spur is. Check the insertion depth against your void before cutting, and lay the cut outs out from the basin and the bath rather than evenly across the ceiling, because an evenly spaced grid reliably puts a light directly behind the person using the mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChoosing between this and the alternatives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree specifications decide a bathroom downlight and only one of them is usually printed on the box. IP65 rather than IP44 if it is going in zone 1, which is over the bath or in the shower. Fire rated if the ceiling is a fire compartment, which it is in every flat. And beam angle, which should be narrow for a high ceiling and wide for a low one. Lumens matter far less than any of those, and colour rendering matters more than lumens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bathe and Beam","offers":[{"title":"2700K warm white","offer_id":58023153729918,"sku":"BBM-DWN-047-27","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"3000K warm white","offer_id":58023153762686,"sku":"BBM-DWN-047-30","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"4000K neutral white","offer_id":58023153795454,"sku":"BBM-DWN-047-40","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/1527\/9230\/files\/IP67_SELV_Floor_Light_for_Zone_0_in_Matt_Black.jpg?v=1789239860"},{"product_id":"ip67-selv-floor-light-for-zone-0-in-polished-chrome","title":"IP67 SELV Floor Light for Zone 0 in Polished Chrome","description":"\u003cp\u003eA downlight for a bathroom: a 12 volt floor light rated for temporary immersion, which is the only kind of fitting that may go inside a shower tray or a bath surround.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBathroom lighting is the one part of a house where getting it wrong is a safety matter rather than a taste matter, and it is sold almost entirely on photographs. Every listing here states the zone the fitting may be installed in, the IP rating with both digits explained, the colour rendering index, the lumen output and the efficacy in lumens per circuit watt. If a fitting is not suitable above a bath we say so on the page you are buying it from. If a mirror is backlit and will not light your face, we say that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZone: zone 0, which is inside the bath or the shower tray itself. A fitting here must be IP67 and must run at SELV, meaning 12 volts or less with the transformer outside the zones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP rating: IP67. Dust tight and protected against temporary immersion in up to a metre of water, which is what zone 0 requires and what a fitting in a shower tray or a bath surround has to be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 68mm cut out, 75mm overall, 55mm insertion depth above the ceiling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight output: 180 lumens at 68 lumens per circuit watt, 45 degree beam. Efficacy is quoted in lumens per circuit watt, which counts the driver losses, rather than lumens per chip watt, which does not. Part L of the Building Regulations asks for 75 lumens per circuit watt on new work and a great many fittings sold as compliant are quoted the other way.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour temperature: chosen above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour rendering: CRI 90, with R9 above 50, which is a good deal better than the eighties that this category usually offers and is enough for everything except colour matching makeup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimming: mains dimmable, trailing edge, to 1 per cent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectrical: SELV, 12 volts, with the transformer sited outside the zones. This is what makes the fitting legal in zone 0 and it is not optional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire rating: not fire rated. If the ceiling below is a fire compartment, which it is in a flat and in most two storey extensions, this fitting needs a fire hood or a different product\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandards: BS EN 60598 for luminaires, BS EN 62471 photobiological safety at the exempt group, BS EN 55015 for electromagnetic emissions, UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.36 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuarantee: seven years on the fitting, the LED module and the driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: triple plated polished chrome over brass, which is the finish that survives a bathroom because the copper and nickel layers underneath are what actually stop corrosion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsulation: must not be covered. This fitting is not fire rated and needs a hood in a fire compartment ceiling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsertion depth: 55mm, and this is the figure that decides whether it fits your joist void\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeam angle: 45 degrees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGasket: silicone, captive, replaceable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe downlight with its driver and flex tail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean IP65 push fit connector\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea spare gasket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea cut out template\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etest certificates by download\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstallation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA registered electrician. Electrical work in a room containing a bath or a shower is notifiable under Part P of the Building Regulations in England and Wales. That means it has to be done by a registered electrician or signed off by building control. Replacing a like for like fitting on an existing circuit is not notifiable. Adding a new circuit, a new socket or a new spur is. Check the insertion depth against your void before cutting, and lay the cut outs out from the basin and the bath rather than evenly across the ceiling, because an evenly spaced grid reliably puts a light directly behind the person using the mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChoosing between this and the alternatives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree specifications decide a bathroom downlight and only one of them is usually printed on the box. IP65 rather than IP44 if it is going in zone 1, which is over the bath or in the shower. Fire rated if the ceiling is a fire compartment, which it is in every flat. And beam angle, which should be narrow for a high ceiling and wide for a low one. 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