Maxi 900 Black TRI Colour LED

The Maxi 900 is a 900 mm surface-mounted bollard in 316 stainless steel, finished in poly powder coated black, with a frosted diffuser running the head. This page sells two electrically different fittings at one price, and the drop-down asks you to choose between them by part number rather than by colour.

240 V or 12 V — decide this before anything else

HV1608T-BLK-240V runs on 240 V AC mains and takes a 9 W E27 globe, giving 700 lm / 720 lm / 740 lm. It is Protection Class 1 and requires an earth — Havit's own sequence is earth first, then live and neutral. HV1608T-BLK-12V runs on 12 V DC from 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 and needs no earth. Do not connect the 12 V fitting directly to 240 V. The two are not interchangeable after the fact, because the lamp holder itself differs.

Two warranty conditions that only apply to the 12 V version

Havit's low-voltage clause is a warranty condition, not advice: the voltage arriving at the fitting must be within ±5% of the rated figure, and the fitting must sit no more than 25 m from its LED driver. Both are easy to breach on a long garden run, and both are reasons to size the driver and the cable before you dig. Where several fittings share one driver they are wired in parallel. Havit lists its HV9507 and HV9508 tri-colour MR16 LED drivers against this range.

The globe, and the ceiling on what you may fit

Both versions take a replaceable globe, so the light is only as good as the lamp in it. Colour temperature is tri-colour — 3000K, 4000K or 5500K — and it is set on the globe itself: the cover twists off anti-clockwise and the switch is on the side of the globe. The supplied globes are 120°, but a replacement sets its own beam, so check the beam angle of anything you buy. The ceiling matters: Havit gives a maximum globe wattage of 15 W, LED globes only. That is a hard limit on a sealed fitting and it rules out an incandescent or halogen lamp of any wattage. Neither version is dimmable with the globes supplied.

Getting it into the ground, and keeping the warranty

It is surface mounted: 900 mm tall, Ø102 mm, on a Ø98 mm base plate with four Ø6 mm fixing holes and a Ø16 mm cable entry. That plate must go onto concrete or a concrete pad, and the fitting must never sit below finished ground level. Every hole including the cable entry is siliconed, and silicone is run around the fitting at ground level — Havit voids the warranty if this is not done. All o-rings and seals must be in place. HV1607 is Havit's optional spike if you would rather push it into soil than bolt it down. The body is 316 stainless, so it still needs regular cleaning maintenance; tea staining is not covered by warranty. Lights For You publishes these figures for HV1608T-BLK from the HV1608 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.