LED Compatible 4ft (1200mm) IP65 Twin Batten Fitting

This is a twin batten fitting measuring 1200mm, the standard 4ft length, with two lampholders sitting side by side beneath one long translucent diffuser. The body is grey and the diffuser runs the full length, so light spreads along a bench or a corridor rather than pooling in one spot. What matters most here is the IP65 rating: the first digit means dust tight, the second means protected against water jets from any direction. The manufacturer lists the fitting as LED compatible, so it is built to run linear LED tubes.

An IP65 batten earns its place where an ordinary fitting would struggle. Garages, workshops, utility rooms, stock rooms, plant rooms and covered outbuildings are the usual homes for one, and a pair of tubes side by side covers a wider strip of floor or worktop than a single tube manages. The manufacturer also clears this fitting for bathroom zones 1 and 2, but not zone 0, so it can serve a shower room or a wet room ceiling where a lower rated fitting could not be used. Being a mains fitting, it needs installing by a qualified electrician.

There is no dimming here: the manufacturer lists the fitting as non dimmable, so wire it to an ordinary switch and choose tubes that give the light level you want from the start. Wattage, brightness and colour temperature all follow the tubes you fit, and the manufacturer states none of those figures for the housing, so buy tubes on lumens and on colour temperature. The tube type and cap are not stated either, so check what your tubes need before ordering. It is sold as one fitting, with a minimum order of one, and it sits alongside our wider range of battens in 4ft, 5ft and 6ft lengths, single and twin, in IP65 and IP20 versions, including emergency models.

Which tubes does this fitting take?

It is a twin 4ft fitting, so it holds two 1200mm linear tubes, and the manufacturer describes it as LED compatible. The tube type and cap are not stated, so confirm both before ordering tubes.

Can I put it in a bathroom?

Yes, within limits. The manufacturer clears it for zones 1 and 2, but not zone 0 (inside the bath or shower tray). Have it installed by a qualified electrician.

Will it work on a dimmer?

No. The manufacturer lists the fitting as non dimmable, so wire it to an ordinary on and off switch and pick tubes that give the light level you want.

What does IP65 actually mean in a garage or workshop?

IP65 means dust tight and protected against water jets from any direction, so sawdust, damp air and washdown splash all fall within what that rating covers.

How bright will it be, and what colour is the light?

Both follow the tubes you fit. The manufacturer states no wattage, lumen output or colour temperature for the fitting itself, so choose tubes on those two figures.

Does it surface mount?

A batten fixes flat against a ceiling or a wall rather than recessing into it, so allow a clear flat run of at least 1200mm plus access along its length for wiring and tube changes.