ETIM class EC001364 covers LED luminaires used for general-area illumination, including surface-mounted ceiling fixtures, waterproof battens, suspended linears, and wall-mounted LED fixtures. Downlights, adjustable spots, floodlights, and emergency luminaires each have their own classes.
Product scope
EC001364 is one of the busiest luminaire classes in ETIM. Surface-mounted LED panels for office grid ceilings, IP65 waterproof battens for warehouses and parking garages, linear suspended fixtures for retail, decorative wall sconces with integrated LEDs. The unifying trait: these fixtures deliver diffuse, general-area light rather than focused or directional beams.
What doesn't belong: recessed downlights and adjustable spotlights go in a separate class for directed illumination. Emergency luminaires with battery backup have their own code. Street and area lighting, tunnel luminaires, and explosion-proof fixtures each get dedicated classes too. The biggest classification trap is the boundary between general-area fixtures (this class) and directed/spot fixtures (a different class). If the luminaire focuses a beam onto a specific target, it's not EC001364.
Key features
EC001364 carries over 80 features. These eight drive the most traffic in specifier searches and distributor filter panels.
| EF Code | Feature | Type | Example value |
|---|---|---|---|
| EF018714 | Rated luminous flux | Range (lm) | 3600 |
| EF009346 | Color temperature | Range (K) | 4000 |
| EF000442 | Color rendering index (CRI) | Alphanumeric | CRI > 80 |
| EF009347 | Max system power | Numeric (W) | 38 |
| EF003118 | IP degree, front | Alphanumeric | IP65 |
| EF000137 | Dimmable | Logical | true |
| EF008157 | Beam angle | Alphanumeric | Wide |
| EF018713 | Luminaire efficacy | Range (lm/W) | 105 |
Other features cover mounting suitability (EF000664 wall, EF021180 ceiling, EF001265 suspended), housing material and color (EF001596, EF000136), rated lifetime at L70/B50 (EF011870), UGR glare rating (EF013735), dimming protocols (DALI, 1-10V, phase-cut, Zigbee), and protection class per IEC 61140 (EF000004).
Worked example
Classifying a Philips CoreLine Waterproof WT120C LED batten (120cm, 38W)
| Feature | EF Code | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Rated luminous flux | EF018714 | 4000 lm |
| Color temperature | EF009346 | 4000 K |
| Color rendering index | EF000442 | CRI > 80 |
| Max system power | EF009347 | 38 W |
| Luminaire efficacy | EF018713 | 105 lm/W |
| IP degree, front | EF003118 | IP65 |
| Impact strength | EF004293 | IK08 |
| Dimmable | EF000137 | true |
| Dimming DALI | EF012154 | true |
| Length | EF001438 | 1200 mm |
| Protection class (IEC 61140) | EF000004 | Class I |
Common classification mistakes
Leaving dimming protocol fields empty while marking "dimmable" as true. A lighting specifier filtering for DALI-compatible luminaires won't find your WT120C if EF012154 (Dimming DALI) is blank. ETIM has individual logical features for each protocol: DALI, DALI-2, 1-10V, phase-cut leading edge, phase-cut trailing edge, Zigbee, Bluetooth. "Dimmable = true" alone tells the buyer nothing about compatibility with their control system.
A luminaire listed as dimmable without specifying which protocol is like a cable listed as "threaded" without specifying metric or PG. The buyer still has to open the datasheet, which defeats the point of structured data.
Omitting both front and rear IP ratings trips up specifiers for wet locations. The WT120C is IP65 from the front but the rear IP can differ. ETIM has separate features for IP degree front (EF003118) and IP degree rear (EF017556). A bathroom ceiling light and a warehouse batten might both be in this class, but they need different IP values on both sides. Populating only the front rating leaves a gap that matters most in the applications where IP rating matters most.
Confusing color temperature with color of light is a subtler problem. EF009346 (color temperature) takes a numeric range in Kelvin. EF009350 (color of light) takes a text value like "neutral white" or "warm white." Putting "4000K" into the color-of-light text field, or writing "neutral white" in the Kelvin field, fails ETIM validation. Populate both: the numeric value for parametric filtering and the text label for human-readable search.
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