Klip LED Inground Light 10w 12v or 240v CCT in 316 Stainless Steel Havit Lighting - HV1832T

Buyers pick an inground light by wattage. In the Klip range the beam angle decides more. The 10 W throws 120° — a broad, even wash — where the 7 W below it is a tight 38° column. Fitted side by side on the same driver those two produce completely different results, and the wider one is almost always what a wall, a hedge or a spread of foliage actually wants.

Where a 120° beam earns its place

A wide beam set close to a surface grazes it; set back, it lifts the whole face evenly instead of drawing a bright stripe up the middle. That makes the 10 W the one for rendered and stone walls, clipped hedging, multi-stemmed shrubs and the underside of a pergola — anywhere the subject is broader than it is tall. Reach for the 7 W instead when the subject is a single trunk or a column. Output is 800 lm at 3000K, 850 lm at 4000K and 900 lm at 5500K from a built-in LED; there is no globe and no socket, so nothing here is user-replaceable. Brightness rises with colour temperature, so 5500K is the brightest and 3000K the dimmest. Colour is chosen on a switch under a sealed cap on the base, factory set to 3000K.

Two supplies, two wiring rules

This listing sells HV1832T-12V and HV1832T-240V. The 12 V DC model is Class 3, needs no earth, and must be run from a suitable 12 V DC LED driver — never connected directly to 240 V. Havit requires the supply at the fitting to be within ±5% of the rated voltage or the warranty is void. The 240 V AC model is Class 1 and must be earthed, earth connected first. Fittings are wired in parallel. Check the input voltage of every fitting on a shared run before you join them.

The hole, and the drainage Havit insists on

The cutout is Ø143 mm with the canister and Ø136 mm without, with a Ø160 mm face on the surface. Havit's instructions make drainage a warranty term rather than a suggestion — adequate drainage must be allowed to prevent fittings from sitting in water for a long period of time, and if no drainage is allowed the warranty will be voided — and ask for a 100 mm space under the canister, 100 mm to 150 mm of crushed rock beneath, and a slight fall on the finished ground. The canister must sit level with the ground. IP67 covers temporary immersion, not permanent standing water.

Build and upkeep

316 stainless steel cover over a black aluminium body, IK10 and trafficable to 1000 kg. Havit requires regular cleaning of all 316 stainless fittings to prevent tea staining and states that tea staining is not covered by warranty. Every figure here is taken by Lights For You from the HV1832T data sheet and the HV1832T installation instructions; Havit's 3 Years Replacement warranty applies to items ordered after 01/01/2022.