The Prada EX is a 510mm exterior wall light with seeded glass in white sand 10W giving 450lm at 3000K, IP44.

Two corrections to what this page used to say.

• It is an exterior fitting. Our specification table saidUsage: Indoor contradicting its ownIP44 rating three lines above it. It is rated foroutdoor use.
• We stock white. The page offered black or white.If black is what you want, ask us before ordering.

Seeded glass the reason to choose it

Seeded glass has air bubbles deliberately trapped in it duringmanufacture. It is not a flaw and it is not frosting. What it does at night is specific: each bubblecatches and scatters a point of light, so a510mm column of seeded glass reads as atall band of soft sparkle rather than an evenly lit panel. Beside a door, that iswhat stops an exterior light looking like a plastic bulkhead.

It also means the fitting has presence when it is off. Seeded glass catchesdaylight in the same way, so it reads as glass rather than as a blank white face.

510mm tall and 2.85kg

A half-metre vertical, 140mm wide, projecting84mm. That proportion suits a wall beside a door, an entry, or a pairflanking a garage, and it is tall enough to read from the street.

At 2.85kg it is heavy for a wall light roughly ten times the small exterior fittings in this range. It needs aproper masonry or timber fixing, not a plug in render. Tell your electrician theweight before the position is chosen.

450 lumens an entry light, not a floodlight

10W for 450lm is 45 lm/W, which is low, and the seeded glass is why:scattering light through bubbles costs output. The result isenough to mark a doorway and light the immediate area, andnot enough to light a driveway. That is the correct behaviour for an entry fitting you want to see the door, not be floodlit at it but size the rest of the exteriorlighting accordingly.

IP44 splashing from any direction

Protected against splashing water from any direction, which coversordinary rain on an ordinary wall. It is a better rating than the IP43 fittingselsewhere in this range, which only cover water coming downward. It is not ratedagainst jets, so do not hose it directly, and on afully exposed coastal wall a higher-rated fitting is the safer choice.

On dimming. The datasheet saysglobe dependent on a fitting with anintegrated LED and no globe to change. That field was defaulted rather than answered.Treat it as not dimmable unless we confirm otherwise, andtell us if dimming matters and we will check with Telbix.

Aluminium in sand

Aluminium with a sand-textured finish, which outdoors is the right choice: glossshows salt, dust and water marks and a textured coat does not.ClassI earth required, hard-wired, and a licensed electrician installsit.

Where it works

• Beside front doors and entries tall enough to read from the street.
• In pairs, flanking a garage or a gate.
• Walls where the fitting should look like glass, not plastic.
• 2.85kg a proper masonry fixing, not a plug in render.
• IP44 rain, yes; direct hosing or fully exposed coastal, no.

Specifying it

510mm high by 140mm wide, projection84mm, 2.85kg, inaluminium and seeded glass, white sand. Integrated10W LED giving 450lm at 3000K, included,CRI>80, dimming not confirmed treat as notdimmable. 240V, ClassI earth required,IP44 splashing from any direction; OUTDOOR use. Warranty is three years, as areplacement warranty.

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Questions

Is it an indoor or outdoor light?

Outdoor. Our specification table said Usage: Indoor, contradicting its own IP44 rating three lines above it. It is rated for outdoor use.

Does it come in black?

We stock white. The page offered black or white ask us before ordering if black is what you want.

What is seeded glass?

Glass with air bubbles deliberately trapped in it during manufacture. Each bubble catches and scatters a point of light, so a 510mm column reads as a tall band of soft sparkle rather than an evenly lit panel and it still reads as glass by day rather than a blank white face.

Is 450 lumens enough?

Enough to mark a doorway and light the immediate area; not enough for a driveway. That is correct for an entry fitting you want to see the door, not be floodlit at it but size the rest of the exterior lighting accordingly.

What fixing does it need?

A proper masonry or timber fixing, not a plug in render. At 2.85kg it is roughly ten times the weight of the small exterior fittings in this range tell your electrician before the position is chosen.

Can I hose it down?

No. IP44 is protected against splashing water from any direction, which covers ordinary rain on an ordinary wall, but it is not rated against jets. On a fully exposed coastal wall a higher-rated fitting is the safer choice.

Can I dim it?

Probably not. The datasheet says globe dependent on a fitting with an integrated LED and no globe to change that field was defaulted, not answered. Treat it as not dimmable, and tell us if it matters and we will check with Telbix.