VIPER WHITE is a ceiling lamp with a long, slim arm in white lacquered steel and a cylindrical shade in white fabric. The arm sits on a pivot hung below the ceiling: its longer end carries the shade, its shorter end guides the cable. The light source therefore does not hang under the junction box but off to one side of it.
How big it is and where to hang it
The pivot is 100 cm from the shade, the opposite section of the arm measures 38 cm, and the fitting is 158 cm long overall. That puts the light roughly a metre away from the point where the cable leaves the ceiling – over an armchair or sofa away from the middle of the room, for instance. Measure that distance at home first.
The manufacturer gives an overall height of 58 to 173 cm, and the technical drawing shows the arm rotating on its pivot. The suspension itself is not designed to be shortened. Under a lower ceiling, compare the lowest shade position with the room height and the furniture beneath the lamp. The ceiling canopy is 10 cm across and 3 cm deep, and the fitting mounts on a mounting bracket.
Which bulb to buy
The fitting has one E27 lampholder and no bulb is included. The manufacturer allows LED lamps only, up to 25 W – a limit for the lampholder rather than the lamp's consumption, and one that rules out incandescent and halogen bulbs. You choose colour and brightness yourself: living rooms usually get 2700–3000 K, a warm, slightly yellowish light.
The shade is 37 cm in diameter and 25.5 cm high and open at the bottom, so most of the light falls on the area below it while some passes sideways through the fabric.
Materials and installation
The arm and canopy are lacquered steel and the shade is fabric, all in a single white. The straight line of the arm and the plain, unadorned cylinder are features of the modern and Scandinavian styles, and the lamp is intended for the living room. The VIPER series also comes in black and gold (symbol 6641).
The fitting is protection class I, so it must be connected to the protective earth – the junction box needs an earth conductor. It weighs 1.67 kg net, ships in two parcels with assembly instructions and is made in Poland.
