Ceiling Lights

Yes, where the ceiling is part of a fire-resisting floor between storeys. Cutting a hole for a standard downlight weakens that barrier, and a fire-rated fitting is designed to restore it. The VFRDGICC is fire-rated for 30/60/90 minutes in solid timber, web-joist and I-joist ceilings, and the VFRDGICCBR complies with BS476 Part 21 and 23 and has spring clip fixings for ceilings up to 30mm thick.

Choose an IP65 downlight for a bathroom or shower room. The RDSHW is an IP65 GU10 downlight made for wet areas, the VFRSHGICC is an IP65 fire-rated shower downlight, and SpektroLED Evo models such as the SPKEVTW are IP65 from the front. Check the bathroom zone the fitting will sit in with your electrician, and keep IP20 pendants and track out of the wet zones.

It is 1.8m on the long sets and fixed on the 6in sets. Codes with an L after the number, such as the 8270LBC and 8271LMB, have a 1.8m drop, while sets such as the 8270BC are 6in with a fixed drop. The CALVI5PBC cluster pendant has 1.8m fabric flex cables with adjustable drops, and the TRK8270BK track pendant has an adjustable length.

Choose GU10 if you want to change the lamp or its colour later, and integrated LED for a fitting with no lamp to replace. GU10 fittings such as the Odina ODA1FRW take a replaceable lamp, while integrated models such as the RenuLED RE6CTF have the LED built in, with 3000K, 4000K or 6500K selected on the fitting. You can get either type fire-rated, for example the VFCFW GU10 and the SPKEVF LED downlight.

Yes, on the CCT-selectable LED downlights. The SEREN SER712AD and SARA SA3040CDALI switch between 3000K, 4000K and 5000K, the ASHA AS20CWA between 3000K, 4000K and 5700K, and the SpektroLED Evo SPKEVF offers selectable CCT between 2700K and 6000K. The SPKEVFKRGBW smart downlight adds RGB colour, adjusted in the SmartKnight app.

It is a single circuit track, such as the 230V 10A TRK2MAW, that you feed with power and extend with connectors. The TRKPF1W power feed and TRKFC1W flexible connector feed or join runs, and T, X and right-angle connectors turn corners. GU10 spotlights such as the TRKSP1AW, which rotate 350° and tilt 80°, and TRKAD1W adaptors for pendants then fit onto the track.

Yes. EMPOWER4 models are 3.5W LED emergency downlights for maintained or non-maintained use, and the self-test EMPOWER4ST has a lithium (LiFePO4) battery and tests itself at pre-programmed intervals. The ENM5C is a 5W model with a corridor lens, and the CPLEM kit adds emergency operation to CPL fittings. Plan emergency lighting from your fire risk assessment and the relevant standards.

Panels sized for a 600x600mm grid drop in where a ceiling tile would sit. The LUMI6060PRODALI backlit panel fits 15mm and 25mm grids and adds DALI2 control, the EL6060 troffer switches between 23W and 33W, and the MRBLED is a 32W modular fitting that replaces a 4 x 18W fluorescent fitting. The round KARA panels, such as the KA12CWTD, recess into shallow ceilings instead.

Many are, but check the lamp and the dimmer as well as the fitting. GU10 fittings such as the TRKSP1ABK are fully dimmable depending on the lamp, and integrated LED models such as the RE6CTF and SPKEVTW are for use with trailing-edge dimmers. The SER712AD dims over 0-10V and the SA3040CDALI uses DALI2 control gear, which need a matching controller rather than a wall dimmer.