Mini Black Louvred LED Bollard Light

This is the Mini with louvres, and the change is not decorative. Havit calls it the Mini Louvre, and the give-away is in the specification: the plain Mini uses a frosted diffuser, and this one uses a clear one with louvres in front of it. Those are two different ways of solving the same problem, and they suit different positions.

Frosted spreads the glare. Louvres remove it.

A frosted diffuser scatters light in every direction, including towards your eyes — the fitting itself becomes a soft bright object. Louvres do the opposite: the lens stays clear so the light is not dulled, and horizontal blades cut the upward and sideways component so what escapes is aimed down at the ground. Stand beside a louvred bollard and you see lit paving; stand beside a frosted one and you see the bollard. That makes this the version to use beside outdoor seating, along a deck edge you look across, or anywhere the run sits in a sightline from indoors — and the plain Mini the one to use where you actually want the fitting to read as a point of light.

The two part numbers, and the wiring that follows

The 240 V AC model takes a 9 W E27 tri-colour globe for 700 lm at 3000K, 720 lm at 4000K and 740 lm at 5500K, wired to the circuit with an earth. The 12 V DC model takes a 5 W MR16 globe for 270 lm, 285 lm and 300 lm and must run from a suitable 12 V DC LED driver; do not connect it directly to 240 V. Havit limits that low-voltage run to 25 m from the driver with the supply within ±5%, and voids the warranty outside it.

Before you order

• IP54, so splashing water rather than immersion. The base plate must be fixed to concrete or a concrete pad, the fitting must not sit below ground level, and all holes including the cable entry must be siliconed — Havit voids the warranty otherwise.
• 190 mm tall: a marker for an edge, not a path light. If you need throw, the louvred Maxi 600 is the same idea at three times the height.
• 316 stainless steel with a poly powder-coated black finish. Regular cleaning is required and tea staining is excluded from the warranty.
• IK08, CRI >80, a 120° globe, parallel wiring, not dimmable, and a 3 Years Replacement warranty. The HV1607 spike is available if you would rather not bolt it down.

If you are mixing plain and louvred fittings on one job, Lights For You will help you decide which positions get which — it is usually about where people sit.