Aurora Lighting Brochure 2025

Lighting Terminology

Bathroom Zoning

When lighting a bathroom, there are multiple areas that require attention which are based on industry regulations. There are three zones within a bathroom and for each zone the correct fitting should be installed:

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ZONE 1

ZONE 0

ZONE 2

An area which can hold water, such as a shower or bath. Products suitable for this zone are required to be low voltage (12V max) and rated IPX7.

The area up to 0.6m from Zone 1 and requires an IPX4 rated luminaire.

The area extending up to 2.25m above a bath, shower, or tap and requires a minimum IP rating of IPX5.

IP Rating Explained

the protection against moisture. For example IP00 has no protection against dust or moisture whilst a product with IP68 is dust tight and submersible up to 2m.

Ingress Protection (IP) is a value given to products that have particular protection against dust and/or moisture. The IP number is split, the first digit represents the level of protection against dust particles while the second digit represents

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Moisture

Protected against solid object over 50mm, like a hand Protected against solid object over 12.5mm, like a finger Protected against solid object over 2.5mm, like a screwdriver Protected against solid object over 1mm, like a wire Dust protected with limited ingress of dust permitted

Protected against vertical water droplets, limited ingress protection

1

1

Protected against vertical water droplets with enclosure tilted 15°, limited ingress protection Protected against water sprays up to 60° vertical, limited ingress protection Protected against water splash from all directions, limited ingress protection

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

Protected against jets of water, limited ingress protection

5

ingress of dust 6

Protected against powerful jets of water, limited ingress protection Watertight protection against effects of immersion up to 1m for 30 minutes

Dust tight with no

6

7

IP65

Watertight protection against effects of immersion under pressure and for long periods

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