The Versa Round is a small up/down exterior wall light with one feature that sets it apart from almost everything at its size and price: the beam is adjustable. Rather than a fixed spread, the apertures can be set anywhere from a tight 1 blade to a broad 120 wash, so the same fitting can draw a sharp architectural stripe up a rendered wall or fill a doorway with soft light, decided on the wall rather than in the catalogue.

The choice to make

Finish is the only ordering decision HV3658T-BLK-RND in black or HV3658T-WHT-RND in white, same price, same output. Everything else is set at install. Colour temperature runs across 3000K, 4000K and 5500K giving 2 220 lm, 2 230 lm and 2 240 lm per direction, and the beam is set at the same time. Decide the beam angle before the installer leaves: a 1 setting is a deliberate architectural effect and a 120 setting is general lighting, and they look nothing alike.

Where it works

• Narrow beam, up a textured or rendered wall, to graze the surface and show it.
• Wide beam, either side of an entry, to light the threshold.
• Repeated along a boundary wall at even centres as a rhythm.
• Exposed positions at IP65 no eave is required.

Specifying it

The body is poly powder coated aluminium, 100 mm high and 137 mm long, and it surface mounts. It runs on 240 V AC straight to mains with no driver in the circuit. The 2 3 W LED is built in, so there is no globe to buy or replace, and the fitting is not dimmable a dimmer does not belong on this circuit. Where several are wired together the datasheet specifies parallel wiring.

At IP65 this one is genuinely rated for weather, which is worth noting because several fittings in this type are IP54 and look similar on a shelf. One thing to set expectations on: the output is modest by design at 220240 lm per direction this is an accent and marker light rather than something that will light a driveway. A 3-year replacement warranty applies, and our team can help match it against the higher-output fittings in this type if you need one to do real work.

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.

Earthing and protection class

This fitting runs on 240 V AC mains and is Protection Class 1 an earth is required at the fitting. Havit’s installation sheet has the installer connect the earth conductor first, then live and neutral.

Questions

How adjustable is the beam?

From about 1 to 120, set on the fitting at install. That covers a tight architectural blade up a wall through to a broad general wash.

Is the lumen figure per direction?

Yes. It gives 2 220 lm at 3000K, 2 230 lm at 4000K and 2 240 lm at 5500K, meaning each of the two apertures produces that output.

Can it be mounted in the weather?

Yes. It is IP65, so an exposed wall is within its rating unlike several similar-looking fittings in this range which are IP54.

Does it need a driver?

No. It is 240 V AC and wires straight to mains.

Is it dimmable?

No. Both the datasheet and the product record state it is not.

Is it bright enough to light a path or driveway?

No, and it is not intended to. At 220240 lm per direction it is an accent and marker fitting. For usable ground light, choose a higher-output up/down light.

What globe does it take?

None. The 2 3 W LED is built in, so there is nothing to buy with it and nothing to replace.

What warranty applies?

A 3-year replacement warranty.