Maxi 900 Black Louvred LED

The Maxi Louvre 900 is the louvred version of Havit's 900 mm bollard — the same 316 stainless body in poly powder coated black, the same globes and the same output, behind a clear diffuser fitted with louvres. It sells at the same price as the plain version, so the louvres are the whole reason to choose it.

What the louvres actually do

A bollard at 900 mm sits close to eye level on a path, and a plain diffuser throws light outward at that height as readily as it throws it down. The louvres are horizontal blades across the clear diffuser: they interrupt the sideways view of the lamp and push the useful light downward onto the surface you are trying to light. In practice that means less glare when someone walks towards it, and a pool of light on the path rather than a bright object in the eye. Choose it along a driveway edge, beside a seating area, or anywhere the bollard will be looked at directly. Where you want the fitting itself to read as a soft column of light, the plain Maxi 900 does that better.

240 V or 12 V — chosen by part number, and the difference is real

HV1618T-BLK-240V is 240 V AC, takes a 9 W E27 globe and gives 700 lm / 720 lm / 740 lm. It is Protection Class 1 and requires an earth. HV1618T-BLK-12V is 12 V DC off a suitable 12 V DC LED driver, takes a 5 W MR16 globe and gives 270 lm / 285 lm / 300 lm; it is Class 3, needs no earth, and must not be connected directly to 240 V. Two Havit warranty conditions apply to the 12 V version only: supply within ±5% at the fitting, and no more than 25 m from the LED driver. Fittings sharing a driver are wired in parallel; Havit lists its HV9507 and HV9508 tri-colour MR16 drivers for this range.

Globe, colour temperature and the wattage ceiling

Colour temperature is tri-colour — 3000K, 4000K or 5500K, and it is set on the globe rather than on the fitting: the cover twists off anti-clockwise and the switch is on the side of the globe. It ships on 3000K. The globes supplied are 120° and a replacement sets its own beam — worth noting on this version, because the louvres are shaping light that the globe has already spread. Havit caps the fitting at a maximum globe wattage of 15 W, LED globes only, and it is not dimmable with the globes supplied. CRI is >80 and lamp expectancy >30,000hrs.

Mounting and upkeep

900 mm tall, Ø102 mm, on a Ø98 mm base plate with four Ø6 mm fixing holes and a Ø16 mm cable entry. Surface mounted onto concrete or a concrete pad and never below finished ground level; all holes siliconed and silicone run around the fitting at ground level, both warranty conditions. All o-rings and seals must be in place. HV1607 is Havit's optional spike. The body under the black finish is 316 stainless and still wants regular cleaning maintenance; tea staining is not covered by warranty. IP54, IK08. Lights For You publishes these figures for HV1618T-BLK from the HV1618 APR24 data sheet, Havit's 12 V and 240 V installation instructions and the supplier's own page for each of its two part numbers, with Havit's 3 Years Replacement warranty on items ordered after 01/01/22.