The Virsma rectangle is the wider member of the same family as the Virsma square same opalpolycarbonate diffuser over an aluminium body, at 6W instead of 4W. The longer face throws abroader, lower band of light, which suits a wide tread or a long low wall where a square fitting wouldread as a dot.

Four order codes, and TWO of them need a driver

This listing sells both voltages:

• HV3275T-WHT-240V and HV3275T-BLK-240V wire straight to mains. No driver.
• HV3275T-WHT-12V and HV3275T-BLK-12V are 12V DC and require a12V DC LED driver. The datasheet warns in capitals against connecting the fitting directlyto 240V.

The bodies are identical between voltages, so check the order code rather than the fitting. For asingle step off an existing point, 240V is simpler; for a flight of six, 12V from one driveris cheaper to wire and needs no earth at each fitting.

Where it works

• Wide external treads and terrace steps, where the long face spreads light across the full width.
• Low retaining and boundary walls, spaced to read as a continuous line rather than dots.
• Covered entries and under eaves IP54 covers rain and splashing.
• Flights of several 12V fittings from one central driver.

Specifying it

The 6W LED is built in no globe, no socket. Tri-colour switching covers 3000K,4000K and 5500K, giving 200lm, 210lm and 220lm across the three settings roughly 80% more than the square version. IP54, so rain and splashing are in scope but hosing is not.Aluminium, poly powder coated black or white, all four codes at one price.

Spacing a rectangular fitting

The long face is the reason to choose this over the square, and it changes how you space a run. Arectangle throws a wider, flatter band, so fittings can sit further apart before the light between themreads as a gap on a wide external tread one fitting will often cover the full width where a squareneeds two. On a low boundary wall, spacing them at roughly two to three times the lit width gives acontinuous line rather than a row of separate glows. Set the first fitting, look at it after dark, andcommit to centres from what you see rather than from a drawing.

Sizing the driver on the 12V codes

At 6W each, six fittings draw 36W, so choose a 12V DC driver comfortably above thetotal rather than exactly on it. Give it a position that suits its own IP rating a cavity, meter box orweatherproof enclosure and on a long run feed from near the middle rather than from one end, becauselow-voltage cable drops volts over distance and the far fitting dims first.

Supplied by Lights For You. If you are running the square and rectangular Virsma on the sameproperty, keep each flight to one shape mixed proportions on a single stair read as a substitutionrather than a decision.

Coastal siting Havits condition

Havits installation instructions for this fitting state that aluminium and 304 stainless steel fittings must not be installed within 5 km of any salt water environment. That is a condition on where the fitting may go, and it sits beside the IP rating rather than inside it: a fitting can be rated for direct rain and still fall outside this rule, because the issue is salt carried in the air rather than water landing on the surface. If your site is inside that zone, talk to us before you specify it Lights For You can point you at a fitting whose material Havit does not name here.

Questions

What is the difference between the four order codes?

Two are 240V AC, wiring straight to mains; two are 12V DC and require a 12V DC LED driver. Black or white in each voltage.

Can the 12V version go on mains?

No. The datasheet warns against it in capitals it destroys the fitting and is not covered.

How is it different from the Virsma square?

Same body material and diffuser, 6W instead of 4W, and a longer face that spreads light across a wider tread about 80% more output.

Is IP54 enough?

It covers rain and splashing, suitable for most external steps. For a step that gets hosed down, choose an IP65 fitting.

Is there a globe to replace?

No. The 6W LED is built in.

How bright is it?

200lm, 210lm and 220lm across the three colour-temperature settings.

What is the warranty?

Three years, as a replacement warranty.