AS/NZS 3000:2018
Cl 4.5.2.3, Figure 4.9 and Table 4.3
Recessed luminaire classes, where each may go, and the default clearances
The downlight clearance tool reads whether insulation may abut or cover each class, the classes each installation may take, and the default clearances for a lamp up to 100 W.
Kua manatokotia: pānuitia ki te paerewa tā, whārangi 230–233, 237–242 (PDF = page + 4). I tirohia 1 Oct 2026.
Ngā unit: Surface limit C C, Mounting limit C C, Value mm mm, Max lamp W W
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22 rārangi
| Kind | Abutted | Covered | With insulation | Surface limit C | Mounting limit C | Clause | Page | Jurisdiction | Installation | Classes | As | Value mm | Max lamp W | Value W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | no | no | no | — | 90 | Table 4.3 | 238 | |||||||
| class | no | no | yes | — | 90 | Table 4.3 | 238 | |||||||
| class | yes | no | yes | 90 | 90 | Table 4.3 | 239 | |||||||
| class | yes | no | yes | 135 | 90 | Table 4.3 | 240 | |||||||
| class | yes | yes | yes | 90 | 90 | Table 4.3 | 241 | |||||||
| class | yes | yes | yes | 90 | 90 | Table 4.3 | 241 | |||||||
| class | no | no | no | — | — | Table 4.3 | 242 | |||||||
| permitted | 4.5.2.3.5(a)(i) | 237 | au | residential | do-not-cover, ca90, ic, ic4 | |||||||||
| permitted | 4.5.2.3.5(a)(ii) | 237 | au | non‑residential | non‑ic, do-not-cover, ca90, ic, ic4 | |||||||||
| permitted | 4.5.2.3.5(b)(i) | 237 | nz | residential | ca90, ca135, ic, ic4 | |||||||||
| permitted | 4.5.2.3.5(b)(ii) | 237 | nz | non‑residential | non‑ic, do-not-cover, ca90, ca135, ic, ic4 | |||||||||
| legacy | 4.5.2.3.5 Exception (a) | 237 | ca90 | |||||||||||
| legacy | 4.5.2.3.5 Exception (b) | 237 | ca135 | |||||||||||
| legacy | 4.5.2.3.5 Exception (c) | 237 | ic | |||||||||||
| legacy | 4.5.2.3.5 Exception (d) | 237 | ic4 | |||||||||||
| clearance | Figure 4.9 | 231 | 100 | 100 | ||||||||||
| clearance | Figure 4.9 | 231 | 100 | 100 | ||||||||||
| clearance | Figure 4.9 | 231 | 100 | 100 | ||||||||||
| clearance | Figure 4.9 | 231 | 50 | 100 | ||||||||||
| rule | 4.5.2.3.2 | 232 | — | |||||||||||
| rule | 4.5.2.3.3(a)(viii) | 233 | 100 | |||||||||||
| rule | 4.5.2.3.3(a)(ii) | 232 | — |