Description
This is a 6ft LED batten, 1800mm long, drawing 27W and putting out 3,200lm at 4000K. That colour temperature sits at the cool white end of neutral: light with no yellow cast in it, which is why it is the usual choice for working areas where you want to read labels, see colours properly and pick out detail rather than create a soft evening mood. The whole unit is rated IP65, which means the housing is sealed against dust ingress and against water jets from any direction, and it is specified as a non-corrosive fitting (NCF).
Battens like this earn their keep in the rooms nobody decorates. A garage, a workshop, a cellar, a stock room, a utility area, a plant room or a service corridor: places where the job is even light over a long run rather than a focal point. At 1800mm it covers a workbench or an aisle end to end from a single fitting, and because a batten surface mounts flat against a ceiling or a wall you give up almost no headroom to it. If you are lighting a wider floor, plan the fittings in parallel runs and think about the gap between those runs before you order, because two battens set well apart give a flatter, more usable spread than one in the middle.
The photograph shows the build plainly: a full length translucent diffuser, grey end caps, metal toggle clips along the seam that pull the cover down onto the body, and a cable gland entering at one end. Those clips are what makes the seal do its work, so they want to be fully closed. It is a non-dimmable fitting, so it belongs on a plain switched circuit rather than a dimmer module. No fluorescent wattage equivalent is published for it, so if you are swapping out an older twin tube fitting, compare the 3,200lm figure and not the watts.
Specification
| Wattage |
27W |
| Light output |
3,200lm |
| Colour temperature |
4000K |
| Colour appearance |
Cool white |
| Light source |
LED |
| Length |
1800mm (6ft) |
| IP rating |
IP65 |
| Dimmable |
No |
| Housing |
Sealed non-corrosive body with clip-down diffuser and a cable gland at one end |
| Sold as |
One batten |
| Minimum order |
1, sold in multiples of 1 |
Frequently Asked
How much light is 3,200 lumens over a single garage?
It is a good working level for a single garage or a small workshop, bright enough for a bench without needing a second fitting directly above it.
Can I run this from a dimmer switch?
No. It is non-dimmable, so wire it to an ordinary switched lighting circuit and leave dimmer modules and trailing edge dimmers out of the design.
What does the IP65 rating actually cover?
IP65 describes a housing sealed against dust getting in and against water jets from any direction, which is why the diffuser clips down onto a gasketed body.
Is 4000K too cold for a home garage or loft?
4000K reads as a clean white with no warmth to it. Most people prefer it in working spaces and keep warmer 2700K light for living rooms.
Does it replace a 6ft fluorescent twin tube fitting?
The manufacturer publishes no fluorescent wattage equivalent for this batten, so judge it on the stated 3,200lm output rather than on any watts-for-watts comparison.
How many do I receive, and is there an order minimum?
One batten per unit, and the minimum order is one, sold in multiples of one, so you can buy a single fitting or a full run.