Zone · Guides

Lighting and wire connector guides

Plain answers to the questions people ask before they buy a light or a connector. Every Zone fact in them is the one printed on the product page or listing.

• How much light does a garage need?

  Lumens for 1, 2 and 3-car garages from published IES light levels, with the maths shown.

• 4 ft LED shop lights: which type?

  Tube, integrated, strip, vapor-tight and screw-in garage lights compared from what each Zone product page publishes; plug-in, hardwired and linkable shown only where published.

• Tripod, stand or clamp work light?

  The three ways a Zone work light stands, hangs or clamps, with each product's published facts.

• Under-cabinet lighting: a buying guide

  Hardwired or plug-in, linkable, lengths, colour settings, hand-wave and motion switching across the Zone under-cabinet lights, as published.

• Dusk-to-dawn vs motion sensor security lights

  How a photocell and a motion sensor differ, and which Zone outdoor lights use each.

• Grow light bulbs, strips or fixtures?

  A19 vs BR30 vs PAR38 grow bulbs, grow strips and hanging fixtures, with each Zone grow light's published facts.

• Light colour temperature by room

  Kelvin chart from 2700K to 6500K with the names Zone uses, 3000K vs 5000K, and the colour temperature of Zone lights in each room category.

• Wire nut size and colour chart

  The published wire range in AWG of every Zone twist-on, grounding and waterproof wire nut, by colour; wire-combination counts are not published yet.

• Lever nuts vs wire nuts

  Twist-on, lever, push-in and crimp connectors compared: how each holds the wire, tool needed, and the wire range and UL standard of each Zone connector.

• UL listed wire connectors: what the listing means

  What UL 486C, UL 486G, UL 467 and UL 486A-B each cover, and which Zone connector SKUs are listed to each, as published on their listings.