HV1835T-12V - Klip 316 Stainless Steel 30w LED Inground Light - 12V DC

The Klip is a 30 W recessed inground uplighter in 316 stainless steel, and this listing sells the 12 V DC part, HV1835T-12V. It drops into a canister set below ground level, finishes flush with the surface behind a clear tempered-glass face, and is trafficable to 1000 kg — so it can sit in a path, a driveway or a paved courtyard and be driven over.

Low voltage, and a driver that has to be sized for 30 W

This part runs on 12 V DC constant voltage and an external supply is required: it has to be run from a suitable 12 V DC constant-voltage LED driver. It is Protection Class III, so no earthing is required at the fitting. ⛔ It must not be connected directly to 240 V. ⛔ It is also polarity sensitive — Havit's installation sheet states that a fitting connected the wrong way round will fail and the warranty is void, so match positive to positive before anything is soldered. Supply reaching the fitting has to stay within ±5% of the rated voltage or the warranty is void as well, and at 30 W this is a heavy low-voltage load: volt drop along a long garden run is the usual reason that limit is missed. Fittings go in parallel, and the installation is work for a qualified electrician working to AS/NZS 3000 with the circuit isolated first.

Tri-colour, switched on the underside — set it before it goes in the ground

The built-in LED is tri-colour: 3000K, 4000K and 5500K, giving 2400 lm, 2550 lm and 2700 lm respectively, through a wide 120° beam at CRI >80. ⚠ The selector is a switch on the bottom of the fitting, inside a sealed brass cover, which on a recessed light means choose the colour temperature before it goes into the canister — changing it later means lifting the fitting back out and re-sealing the cover. There is no globe and no socket here, so nothing is ever replaced; lamp expectancy is >30,000hrs. The fitting is not dimmable, which both of Havit's documents for this part number state.

The hole, the drainage, and the conditions that carry the warranty

Havit's drawing gives the cutout with the canister as Ø238 mm. ⛔ Drainage beneath the canister is a warranty condition, not a suggestion: Havit asks for a 100 mm space under the canister and 100–150 mm of crushed rock below that, with a slight fall on the finished ground so water runs away, and says plainly that where no drainage is allowed the warranty is void. The canister must finish level with the ground. The anti-syphon plug and the male and female connector supplied on the 300 mm tail must both stay on the cable for the warranty to be valid; every o-ring and seal has to be seated, joins soldered and covered watertight, and silicone run around the edge of the fitting once it is in. It is IP67 and IK10. ⚠ 316 stainless still needs regular cleaning to stop tea staining forming, and tea staining is not covered by the warranty — Havit's HV9971 kit is made for that job. A security face with screws, HV1835-F-SH, and an anti-glare honeycomb lens, HV1835-HC, are sold separately. Lights For You took every figure on this page for HV1835T-12V from the HV1835T data sheet (NOV23), the HV1835T installation instructions and Havit's own product page for this model, which states a 3 Years Replacement Warranty.