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title: "Xingguang | IP69K Cold Storage Lights | LED Lighting"
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# IP69K Cold Storage Lights

[IP69K](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/glossary#ip-rating) is tested with an 80 ℃, 80–100 bar jet at close range — far harsher than [IP66](https://www.xingguanglightingcn.com/en/glossary#ip-rating), and it exists for food and pharma clean areas that wash the whole fixture. Confirm the site really jets the lights before paying for it; otherwise the premium buys a rating nobody uses.

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## Key parameters

| Power | 40–60 W |
| --- | --- |
| Luminous flux | 5,200–6,500 lm |
| IP rating | IP69K |
| First digit: solids | 6 / 完全防尘 |
| Second digit: water | 9K / 高压高温水柱 |
| Impact rating | IK08 |
| Ambient temperature | -40 … +25 ℃ |

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

## The two IP digits govern two different things

This page is IP69K: first digit 6 / 完全防尘 (solids), second 9K / 高压高温水柱 (water). The common misreading is to treat it as one water-resistance score. The first digit is about dust and finger access; only the second is about water, and it grades **how the water arrives** — dripping, spraying, jetting, powerful jetting, and a close-range high-pressure hot jet are five different things.

The other point that gets missed: the rating applies to the complete fixture — terminal chamber, cable entry and breather included — not to the housing material. An IP69K fixture with a loose cable gland has already failed, whatever rating was specified.

## Same power, different site

At 40–60 W and 5,200–6,500 lm, an IP69K fixture reaches some sites and not others. The test is not "is this IP high enough" but three questions: where does the water come from, does it arrive with pressure, and does it pool on the floor. One "with pressure" answer and you step up a level.

One more that has nothing to do with IP and is just as fatal: ambient temperature. In a sealed chamber at 40–60 W, every 10 ℃ above the rated ambient roughly halves driver life. On hot sites check the ta rating and the measured driver case temperature together — IP alone misses half the problem.

## Four things to verify before ordering

① Whether flux and 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

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

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