Frigga 2148BL is a garden bollard 50 cm high on a square 14 × 14 cm base, in black-painted aluminium profile with crystal glass, satined on the inside. It emits open light, spreading it all round rather than aiming it only downward.
IP65 and IK08 — two different kinds of toughness
These two ratings are often confused and describe quite different things. IP65 is about sealing: full dust tightness and resistance to water jets from a nozzle from any direction — rain, sprinkler, hose. IK08 is about mechanical resistance: an impact of 5 joules, equivalent to a 1.7 kg mass falling from about 30 cm. For a bollard standing within reach of a mower, a ball or a bicycle, the second figure often matters more than the first.
E27 socket — you choose the lamp
The fitting has an E27 socket rated to a maximum of 9 W (LED) and no light source is included. The 9 W limit is not about economy but about heat in a closed, sealed housing — do not fit more powerful lamps. In exchange you are free to pick the colour: 2700 K for a domestic garden, 3000 K for a more urban setting. A frosted bulb is worth choosing — the satined glass diffuses anyway, but a clear lamp will show through it as a bright point.
The diffuser will change shade over time
The maker says so plainly: the diffuser may take on an amber colour over time. That is a natural change in the material under UV, not a fault — worth knowing in advance, especially when planning a run of several bollards, where a unit bought years later may differ in shade from the rest.
Specification
- Manufacturer code: 2148BL (Frigga series); EAN 7042890214863
- Type: garden bollard, 1 light point
- Dimensions: 14 × 14 × 50 cm
- Material: painted aluminium profile; diffuser: crystal glass, satined inside
- Colour: black
- Socket: E27; maximum LED power 9 W; light source not included
- Voltage: 220–240 V
- Protection class: II (no earth required)
- Ingress protection: IP65; impact resistance: IK08
- Operating temperature range: −20 … +45 °C
- Distribution: open light
- Mounting: 3 holes ø9 mm on a ø65 mm circle, every 120°
- Terminals: max 2 × 2.5 mm², looping possible 2 × 2.5 mm²; round-sheathed cable max ø12.5 mm
- Net weight: 6.50 kg; gross: 7.50 kg
- Origin: European Union
Fixing: what you must buy separately
The bollard has three ø9 mm holes at 120° on a ø65 mm circle — a pattern for an anchor, not for screwing straight onto paving. The maker notes that mounting accessories are purchased separately, and offers for this series: a concreting anchor (index 205), a ground anchor (206), an adapter for a concrete foundation (206S) and a mounting adapter (3080GA). The choice depends on the ground — a ground anchor driven into soil is quicker, while concreting gives the rigidity a 6.5 kg fitting needs where it may be knocked.
Class II and the temperature range
The fitting is protection class II, double insulated, and requires no earth conductor — on a garden circuit fed by older two-core cable that often decides whether installation is possible at all. The declared operating range of −20 to +45 °C covers a Polish winter with margin; note, though, that the LED lamp itself has its own temperature range, which in hard frost can be narrower than the fitting's.
About the manufacturer
Norlys is a Norwegian maker of outdoor lighting from Oslo. Its fittings are designed for the Scandinavian climate, with the emphasis on sealing, impact resistance and coating durability. Production takes place in the European Union.
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