The Norlys Bologna 3026BS is a pole-mounted lantern with an opal globe set in an openwork collar on a curved arm. The body and arm are cast aluminium, powder-coated, and the finish is black with a silver patina. The globe is made of opal PMMA. The terminal and the pole it mounts on are sold separately.
What it mounts on
The arm bolts to the Norlys 3040 terminal, which slides onto the Norlys 3010 lighting pole of 50 mm diameter. Norlys builds ready-made lanterns from the same parts: two 3026 heads on one pole make the Bologna 363 set, three make the Bologna 365. The Norlys instructions call for installation by a qualified electrician.
The terminals take conductors up to 4 × 2.5 mm² and let the supply continue to the next luminaire on the same pole. The cable entry accepts a round cable 7 to 12.5 mm in diameter.
What light the opal globe gives
Inside is an E27 socket for an A55–A60 shaped bulb up to 110 mm long; the manufacturer allows an LED source of up to 9 W. No bulb is included, so you choose the brightness and colour of the light yourself – an LED bulb of about 800 lm gives as much light as an old 60 W bulb. To order, Norlys supplies the luminaire together with a dimmable Philips Master LEDbulb 806 lm / 8.5 W / 2700 K, which gives warm, slightly yellow light.
The opal globe spreads the light over its whole surface, so the bulb cannot be seen, the globe glows evenly and does not dazzle people walking past. That is what sets the 3026 apart from the 3025 with a clear globe, where the bulb stays on show.
Weather resistance and servicing
IP54 means protection against dust and against splashing water from any direction, so the luminaire can work outdoors without a canopy, at ambient temperatures from −20 to +45 °C. Protection class II stands for double insulation, so no protective earth conductor is connected. A silicone gasket seals the globe, and a cracked globe is replaced without replacing the whole luminaire – Norlys supplies it as service kit 06360007.
A globe in an openwork collar on a curved arm is the classic shape of a park lantern. It suits a garden and the path to a house as well as the grounds of a hotel or restaurant.
