Metro Round 316 Stainless Steel TRI

The Metro is a flush recessed inground uplighter with a 316 stainless steel face on an aluminium body, and this listing sells the round shape in two parts: HV1801T, which runs on 12 V DC, and HV1806T, which runs on 240 V AC mains. It drops into a canister set below ground and finishes level with the surface behind clear tempered glass. Havit rates it trafficable to 600 kg and IP65, with an IK10 impact rating.

⚠ The selector shows two part numbers and not their supply voltage — here is which is which

This is the one thing to get right before ordering, because both parts sit on one page and look identical in the ground.

• HV1801T — 12 V DC. Constant-voltage low voltage, Protection Class III, no earth required. It takes an MR16 globe and must run from a suitable 12 V DC LED driver. ⛔ It must never be connected directly to 240 V.
• HV1806T — 240 V AC. Wired straight to mains, no driver, and it is Protection Class I — an earth connection is required. It takes a GU10 globe, and Havit's wiring step has the electrician join the earths first.

⚠ If you are replacing an existing fitting, match the supply you already have in the ground rather than the part number on the old label.

The globe is replaceable, so the light you get is the globe's

Each part ships with a 5 W tri-colour LED globe fitted, giving 270 lm at 3000K, 285 lm at 4000K and 300 lm at 5500K through a 120° beam at CRI >80. Those figures describe the light as supplied — the beam angle belongs to the globe, not to the fitting. Havit's ceilings are 20 W for MR16 and 35 W for GU10, and the published lamp expectancy is >30,000hrs. ⚠ Havit records the fitting as not dimmable with the supplied globes, which is a statement about those globes rather than about the fitting.

Set the colour temperature before it goes in the ground

The tri-colour switch is on the side of the globe and the globe leaves the factory on 3000K. Getting to it means undoing the 4 allen screws in the face, lifting the face off and easing the globe out. ⛔ Do it before the fitting is bedded and sealed.

The hole, the drainage, and the conditions the warranty actually rests on

Havit's drawing gives the cutout as Ø110 mm with the canister and Ø100 mm without, with a Ø120 mm face and a 155 mm canister. ⛔ Drainage is a warranty condition: a 100 mm space beneath the canister and 100–150 mm of crushed rock below that, and Havit states plainly that where no drainage is allowed the warranty will be voided. The canister must sit level with the ground, joints must be soldered and sealed watertight, every o-ring and seal must be in place, and silicone is run around the edge of the fitting. Runs are wired in parallel and the supply at each fitting must stay within ±5% of rated or the warranty is void.

Where it should not go

⚠ Havit's current installation sheet restricts aluminium and 304 stainless steel fittings to no closer than 5 km from a salt water environment, and the Metro's body is aluminium behind its 316 face. ⚠ Tea staining on 316 stainless is not covered by the warranty anywhere, so plan on cleaning the face regularly. Havit's warranty is 3 Years Replacement.

Lights For You has specified Havit inground fittings into everything from courtyard gardens to commercial forecourts — send us the run length and the number of fittings and we will size the driver with you before anything is buried.