Toldo Adjustable LED Inground Light CCT 20w 316 Stainless Steel Havit Lighting - HV1829T

Read this before you order: the 20 W Toldo runs on 24 V DC, and its two smaller siblings do not. Havit flags it in a parenthesis buried in step 4 of a shared installation sheet, which is an easy thing to miss when you are specifying a run of inground lights that otherwise look identical. This fitting cannot share a driver with the 3 W or the 5 W. It needs its own supply, sized for it, and a driver of the correct output.

What the extra output is actually for

Havit publishes 1600 lm at 3000K, 1700 lm at 4000K and 1800 lm at 5500K from a 30° beam, which is roughly three and a half times the 5 W. That is not a bigger garden light — it is a facade light. It is the fitting for throwing usable light up the full height of a mature tree, a two-storey rendered wall or a stone pier, where a smaller uplight fades out halfway. Output rises with colour temperature, so 5500K is the brightest setting and 3000K the dimmest. The head tilts through 15°, the tightest adjustment in the range, so position matters more here than on the smaller two — set the fitting where the beam wants to go rather than expecting to aim it afterwards.

The hole, and the ground work under it

The cutout is Ø212 mm, or Ø218 mm with the canister — a substantial excavation, and worth setting out before paving or turf goes down. Havit requires adequate drainage underneath and voids the warranty without it: a 100 mm space beneath the canister, 100 mm to 150 mm of crushed rock below that, and a slight decline on the finished ground so water runs away from the fitting. The canister has to finish level with the ground, and silicone goes round the edge of the fitting once it is seated. IP67 is temporary-immersion protection, not a permit to leave it under water.

Supply, wiring and the conditions attached

A suitable 24 V DC LED driver is required. Do not connect it directly to 240 V. Havit requires the voltage arriving at the fitting to be within ±5% or the warranty is void — a real constraint at 20 W over a long cable run. Fittings are wired in parallel, the fitting is polarity sensitive and reversing it causes a failure that is not covered, and the anti-syphon valve and male and female connector on the 300 mm tail must both remain fitted for the warranty to stand. The light source is a built-in LED: no globe, no socket, nothing to replace.

Finish and upkeep

316 stainless steel cover, aluminium body finished black. Havit requires regular cleaning on all 316 stainless fittings to prevent tea staining and excludes tea staining from the warranty, recommending its HV9971 maintenance kit. Lights For You supplies the HV1829T under Havit's 3 Years Replacement warranty for items ordered after 01/01/2022; every figure here is taken from the HV1829T data sheet and the Toldo installation instructions.