Maxi 600 316 Stainless Steel TRI Colour LED

One fitting, two part numbers, and the choice between them is bigger than the voltage label. The Maxi 600 in natural 316 stainless is sold as a 240 V AC model and a 12 V DC model, and they differ in brightness, in protection class, in what your electrician has to run and in how far the fitting can sit from its supply. Worth ten minutes before you order a run of them.

The 240 V model: brighter, earthed, no driver

It takes a 9 W E27 tri-colour globe and produces 700 lm at 3000K, 720 lm at 4000K and 740 lm at 5500K. It is Class I, so it wires to the circuit with an earth conductor and needs no driver at all. If the bollards are going in as part of a mains installation — a new path, a driveway edge, anywhere a cable is already being run — this is the simpler of the two and roughly two and a half times the light.

The 12 V model: safer to work near, but it has rules

It takes a 5 W MR16 globe for 270 lm, 285 lm and 300 lm, and it is Class III — no earth required, because a suitable 12 V DC LED driver provides the isolation. Never connect it directly to 240 V. Two constraints come with it: no more than 25 m from the driver, with the supply within ±5%, which Havit states is a warranty condition rather than guidance, and a 15 W maximum on any replacement globe, LED only. Havit's HV9507 tri-colour MR16 is the listed 12 V DC alternative, and at 60° against the supplied globe's 120° it is a useful reminder that the beam belongs to the globe rather than to the fitting.

What applies whichever you choose

• 600 mm tall, Ø102 mm, on a Ø98 mm base plate with four fixing holes. That plate must be on concrete or a concrete pad, above ground level, with all holes siliconed — a warranty condition.
• IP54 splash protection, IK08 impact, CRI >80, >30,000 hrs lamp expectancy, parallel wiring, and not dimmable with the globes supplied.
• Bare 316 stainless asks for maintenance every six months, more frequently in coastal environments, using Havit's HV9971 kit — and tea staining is not covered by the warranty.
• 3 Years Replacement warranty, with the HV1607 spike available if a concrete footing is not practical.

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