The Andela is a 360mm square LED oyster in chrome 30W giving 2,400lm at 5000K cool white,CRI above 85, and dimmable.

It is 5000K cool white, and only 5000K soread this before you choose a room for it.

5000K is daylight-cool: a clean, slightly blue-white, the colour of aworkshop or a supermarket. It is fixed there is no warm setting, and theintegrated LED cannot be changed.

Our own description recommended it for bedrooms, andwe would not. Where a 5000K fitting is excellent:

• Laundries and utility rooms you can see whether something is clean.
• Garages, sheds and workshops task light, and itsCRI above 85 means colours read properly.
• Walk-in robes the one place cool light genuinely helps, because you cantell navy from black.
• Home offices and study areas, if you like a cool working light.

Where it is wrong: bedrooms, living rooms and anywhere you relax in the evening.If you want this square shape in a warm colour, ask us theLyric and Lunos squares offer switchable3000K.

CRI above 85 and nobody mentioned it

Most fittings in this catalogue record above 80. The Andela recordsabove 85, and combined with 5000K that is a genuinely usefulcombination for the rooms above: cool light that still renders colour honestly. In arobe or a workshop, that pairing is exactly what you want, and it wasrecorded and never said.

2,400 lumens, and it dims

80lm/W efficient, and enough to light alaundry, robe, garage or study on its own with room to spare.

It dims, and no source records how. The datasheet,our record and the page all say dimmable; none saysTRIAC, 010V or otherwise. On a hard-wired 240V fitting the usual answer isa TRIAC wall dimmer, but we are not going to assert it.Tell us your dimmer, or ask before you buy one, and we will confirm with Telbix.

A square oyster in chrome

Two unusual choices together. Almost every oyster in this catalogue is round, andalmost every one is white.

• Square aligns with the room it follows a ceiling line, abulkhead or a run of joinery, which a circle cannot. The corollary: it must beset out square to the walls, because at 360mm any rotation shows in a way itnever would on a round fitting.
• Chrome gives it a hard, technical edge rather than the softdomestic look of a white disc which, with 5000K light, is coherent: this is a fittingthat reads as equipment, and in a laundry or a workshop that is right.

At 2.7kg it fixes to a standard ceiling point without special provision.

Two things to know about our data on this product.

• The warranty is recorded two ways. The datasheet says threeyears; our record and the page both say one. We havepublished the shorter term and asked Telbix to confirm wewould rather under-promise than sell you a warranty that turns out not to exist.Ask us before you buy and we will have the answer.
• The IP rating is missing from our record and from the old specification table.The datasheet says IP20 indoor and dry locations only, which is what we havepublished. So it is not a bathroom fitting, and it should not go in a laundry thatgets steam. If you need a square fitting that can, the Lunos squares areIP44.

Where it works

• Laundries, garages, sheds and workshops 5000K with CRI>85.
• Walk-in robes where cool light genuinely helps.
• Home offices, if you like a cool working light.
• NOT bedrooms or living rooms, whatever our old description said.
• IP20 not a bathroom or a steamy laundry. The Lunos squares are IP44.

Specifying it

360 by 360mm, 2.7kg, chrome. Integrated30W LED giving 2,400lm at 5000K cool white fixed,included, CRI>85, anddimmable method not recorded; confirm with us. 240V,ClassI earth required,IP20 indoor and dry locations only. Warranty is published as ONE year; the datasheet says three. Ask us before youbuy.

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Questions

Is it suitable for a bedroom?

No, and our own description was wrong to suggest it. The Andela is 5000K cool white and only 5000K a clean, slightly blue-white, the colour of a workshop, fixed and not changeable. It is excellent in laundries, garages, workshops, walk-in robes and home offices, and wrong anywhere you relax in the evening. For this square shape in a warm colour, ask us about the Lyric and Lunos squares.

What is CRI above 85 worth here?

A great deal, and nobody mentioned it. Most fittings here record above 80. Cool light that still renders colour honestly is exactly what a walk-in robe or a workshop needs you can tell navy from black, and paint or timber reads true.

What is the warranty?

Our record and page say one year; the datasheet says three. We have published the shorter term and asked Telbix to confirm, because we would rather under-promise than sell you a warranty that turns out not to exist. Ask us before you buy and we will have the answer.

What kind of dimmer do I need?

No source records it the datasheet, our record and the page all say dimmable and none says which type. On a hard-wired 240V fitting the usual answer is a TRIAC wall dimmer, but we will not assert it. Tell us your dimmer, or ask before buying one, and we will confirm with Telbix.

Can it go in a bathroom?

No. The IP rating was missing from our record and the old table; the datasheet says IP20 indoor and dry locations only. It should not go in a laundry that gets steam either. The Lunos squares are IP44 if you need one that can.

Why square, and why chrome?

A square fitting aligns with the room it follows a ceiling line, bulkhead or run of joinery, which a circle cannot. Chrome gives it a hard, technical edge rather than the soft domestic look of a white disc, which with 5000K light is coherent: this reads as equipment, and in a laundry or workshop that is right.

Anything to watch at installation?

Set it out square to the walls. At 360mm any rotation shows in a way it never would on a round fitting.