The Helsinki 882AL is an outdoor wall light shaped like a Scandinavian harbour lantern, hanging from a tall, gracefully curved arm. Beneath a small dome and a wide, flat canopy sits a clear diffuser, ringed at the bottom by three horizontal bands. The body is cast aluminium, powder-coated in light grey (RAL 9006).
Size and space on the wall
According to the manufacturer's drawing the light is 575 mm high, the canopy is 410 mm across and it projects 600 mm from the wall. At 60 cm out from the facade, check next to a door or gate that an opening leaf will not catch the canopy. The round wall plate is 160 mm across.
It is fixed with the supplied mounting box and can also be installed on building corners. The terminals take conductors up to 2 × 2.5 mm², and a further light can be fed in a loop with up to 2 × 1.5 mm². The supply cable should be round with an outer diameter of 7 to 10.5 mm.
Bulb and light
The fitting has an E27 socket and takes an A55–A60 LED bulb of up to 9 W. The bulb is not included and is user-replaceable, so brightness and light colour depend on the bulb you choose. Around 800 lm matches an old 60 W bulb, and 2700–3000 K gives warm, slightly yellowish light.
The polycarbonate diffuser is clear with a satin underside. The dome and wide canopy shield the bulb from above, so most light falls on the wall and ground below rather than into the sky.
Durability, safety and service
IP54 protects against dust and splashing water from any direction, so the light can hang on an exposed facade. The operating range of −20 to +45 °C covers frosty winters too. It is a Class II luminaire: it is double-insulated and needs no protective earth conductor, which is why the terminals are two-pole. The diffuser is UV-stabilised and can be replaced if damaged, as the manufacturer offers it as service kit 06740001.
Where it fits
In the 882AL version the body is light grey, RAL 9006. Norlys also makes the same model in graphite, RAL 7016 (882GR). A lantern with a canopy and rings is Scandinavian design. The light suits a house facade, an entrance and the garden, as well as the entrance to a hotel or restaurant.
