Wear gloves when you install it. That instruction is on Havit’s own sheet for thisrange when installing copper fittings, gloves must be worn to avoid oils transferring to the fitting and on a twin-head unit there is twice as much raw copper to mark. Skin oil does not wipe off solidcopper. It sets as a print that ages at a different rate from the metal around it, so a fitting handledbare-handed can carry visible fingerprints permanently. It is the cheapest possible precaution and theone most often skipped.

Two heads, one hole, one cable and 10 W

Both heads tilt through 90 and swivel through 270 independently,so a single fitting can light a driveway one way and a garden bed the other. The load is the thing to getright: each head carries its own 5 W MR16, so the fitting draws 10 W.Havit’s specification for this model records the lamp wattage as 2 x 5 W and the output as2 x 270 lm at 3000K, 2 x 285 lm at 4000K and 2 x 300 lm at 5500K 540, 570 or 600 lmacross the fitting. Six of them on one run is 60 W, and a driver chosen on the single-head figure willbe undersized. The two heads are wired in parallel, so a failed globe does not take the other out.

Solid copper, ageing in two directions at once

The body is solid copper and the datasheet describes it as copper that will age overtime. It starts bright pink-orange and moves through bronze to a dark brown outdoors. On a twin-headfitting the two heads often end up marginally different in tone, because the one facing weather patinatesfaster than the sheltered one. That is normal for the metal and evens out over a few years. There is nolacquer to fail and no plating to wear through, which is the argument for solid copper in the firstplace.

Colour, supply and the conditions attached to cover

• Both globes are tri-colour, set individually at the globe: cover off anti-clockwise,glass out, switch on the side. Preset to 3000K, which is nearly always the right choice against copper.
• The beam belongs to the globes the supplied MR16s are 120 floods, and narrowerMR16s turn the fitting into a pair of spots.
• 12 V DC from a suitable 12 V DC LED driver. Do not connect the fitting directly to240 V.
• Within 25 m of the driver, supply within 5% of 12 V Havitstates both as warranty conditions.
• Not dimmable. 2 m of reinforced cable, joints soldered and sealedwatertight. Do not force a head past its stop; the internal cable tangles and shorts, and that isexcluded from cover.

IP65, CRI above 80, and a 3-year replacement warranty.

Lights For You keeps the whole Tivah bollard family in stock, so if you want twin heads in copper onthe driveway and singles in the same finish along the path, we can make the run match.

Earthing and protection class

This fitting runs on 12 V DC and is Protection Class 3 no earth is required at the fitting. The isolation comes from the LED driver rather than from an earth conductor, and the fitting must never be connected directly to 240 V.

Questions

Why does it need gloves to install?

Because Havit says so on the installation sheet, and the reason is appearance rather than safety. Oils from bare hands transfer to raw copper and patinate at a different rate from the surrounding surface, so fingerprints can remain visible for the life of the fitting. Keep gloves on until it is in the ground.

How much power does the fitting draw?

10 W. Each of the two heads carries its own 5 W MR16 globe, and Havit records the lamp wattage for this model as 2 x 5 W. Size the driver on 10 W per fitting undersizing on the single-head figure is the usual mistake on twin-head runs.

What is the light output?

270 lm at 3000K, 285 lm at 4000K and 300 lm at 5500K per head, so 540, 570 or 600 lm across both. The specification prints it as 2 x 270 lm and so on, which reflects how it is actually used two heads aimed at two different things.

Will the two heads age at the same rate?

Roughly, but not exactly. Copper patinates faster on the face that catches weather, so the head pointed into the prevailing wind or rain will darken first. The difference narrows over a few years as both reach the same deep brown.

Can each head be aimed separately?

Yes 90 tilt and 270 swivel on each, independently. Stop when the head reaches its mechanical limit; forcing it further twists the internal cable and shorts the fitting, which is excluded from warranty.

Is it dimmable?

No. Every sheet covering this fitting records it as not dimmable, so do not specify it onto a dimmed circuit.

How far from the driver can it go?

25 m, with the supply held within 5% of 12 V. Havit treats both as warranty conditions. Do not connect the fitting directly to 240 V.