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title: "Xingguang | -40℃ Cold Storage Lights | LED Lighting"
description: "The hard part at -40 ℃ is not starting, it is the defrost cycle: the body swings between -40 ℃ and +20 ℃, moisture condenses inside and then freezes, and the driver is gone within a couple of years."
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updated: "2026-10-28"
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# -40℃ Cold Storage Lights

The hard part at -40 ℃ is not starting, it is the defrost cycle: the body swings between -40 ℃ and +20 ℃, moisture condenses inside and then freezes, and the driver is gone within a couple of years. Check low-temperature starting and the breather valve together — miss one and it fails in the second winter.

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## Key parameters

| Power | 40–60 W |
| --- | --- |
| Luminous flux | 5,200–6,500 lm |
| IP rating | IP65 |
| Impact rating | IK08 |
| Operating temperature | -40 … +25 ℃ |

[Product family: Cold Storage Lights](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/product-categories/cold-storage)

## Environment is not only about water

What actually kills fixtures on site, in order of how often it happens: ① heat — every 10 ℃ of chamber temperature roughly halves driver life; ② corrosive gas or salt fog — it eats the screws and the coating first and enters through the seam afterwards; ③ dust — it blocks the fins, which is heat again; ④ cold — capacitors struggle to start and plastics go brittle. IP covers only the water part.

So the order of questions should be: what is the ambient temperature, is there a corrosive medium, how is dust cleaned, what is the minimum temperature — and IP last. Reverse the order and the fixtures start failing three months in, with a perfectly adequate [IP rating](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/glossary#ip-rating).

## How to check the temperature item

This page is rated -40 … +25 ℃. Note that this is the **ambient temperature the fixture tolerates**, not the body temperature — the two differ by the temperature rise. What the driver sees is ambient plus rise, and the rise comes from heatsink area: same wattage, different construction, 20 ℃ apart.

The check is simple: ask for the driver model, then read its derating curve at the actual chamber temperature. A quote that cannot produce that curve has not answered the temperature question, whatever the ℃ figure says.

## Four things to verify before ordering

① Whether flux and [efficacy](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/glossary#efficacy) are quoted for the complete fixture or the light source — a 10–15% difference that changes the fixture count. ② Whether [colour temperature](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/glossary#cct) and CRI are measured or nominal values; mixed CCT within one batch is the most common arrival dispute. ③ Driver brand and model, plus its derating curve at high temperature — it is the only part that really sets life. ④ The mounting kit list: chain, bracket and anchors in the box, or the site stops for a day.

## Concepts on this page

[Cold storage light](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/glossary#cold-storage)[IP rating](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/glossary#ip-rating)[Ambient temperature rating](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/glossary#ta-rating)

![Cold Storage Light CS-130](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/assets/img/prod-cs130.webp)

### [Cold Storage Light CS-130](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/products/cold-storage-130)

Cold storage

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