The right rating depends on how much water the fitting will actually sit in.
1x5W COB LED underground light with stainless steel cover
ไอพี 67— protected against temporary immersion to 1 metre. Appropriate for most landscape inground lights in well-drained ground.
ไอพี 68— protected against continuous immersion beyond 1 metre. Specify this where water pools: poor drainage, irrigation-heavy schemes, pond edges, or any location that floods seasonally.
Our standard inground range is IP67. For pond edges, water features and poorly drained sites, useour IP68 underwater rangeinstead — the same engineering, rated for permanent submersion.
High Power vs Low Power: Choosing Output
This is where most specifications go wrong, and usually in the same direction.
Under-specifyingleaves a scheme that looks impressive on paper and invisible at night — a 1W marker light will not uplight a mature tree. Over-specifyingcreates glare, washes out the architecture and multiplies both cost and heat load.
1-3W— marker and wayfinding lights along paths and steps
3-6W— general pathway and deck lighting, low-level planting
6-12W— uplighting for small trees, walls and signage
12W+— large trees, building facades, statement columns
See our high power LED inground lights and low power SMD inground lights.
COB vs SMD Light Source
ซัง (chip-on-board)packs many LED dies into a single emitting surface, producing one intense, even beam with no visible dots. It is the better choice for uplighting where beam quality and uniformity matter, and it generally delivers higher output per fitting.