outside lighting

[marco]

ciao a tutti
can anyone give me advice on the use of lights exterior connected to the 220v mains system, i know they need to have an ip rating, but does this need to be as high as ip65 under italian regulation? thanks marco

[Luce Dell'Amore]

We have just had our house restored with completely new interior and exterior lighting. I bought the exterior lights and he was quite happy to instal IP44 lights and issue the required certification

[marco]

thank you for the reply thats very interesting as the electrician we have had a quote of is insistent upon ip65 lights to comply "he says" with italian regulations, will have to do more checking

[Luce Dell'Amore]

Originally Posted by marco

thank you for the reply thats very interesting as the electrician we have had a quote of is insistent upon ip65 lights to comply "he says" with italian regulations, will have to do more checking

He wouldn't be supplying the lights would he?

[marco]

oh yes and through his toys out the cot when i suggested i would provide my own lights