NUVO Lighting TH497 LED, 12W Piston Track Head, White, 36 degree Beam Angle

No. The TH497 is rated for dry locations and indoor use only, so keep it out of bathrooms with open showers, covered exterior soffits, and any damp or wet location. For a canopy or porch you need a fixture carrying a damp or wet location rating instead.

The 12W TH497 is dimmable and runs on 120V line voltage. The LED driver is integrated in the head, so dimming is handled by the wall dimmer on the track circuit, not by a separate remote driver. Pair it with a dimmer rated for LED loads and size the dimmer to the total wattage of all heads on the run (12W each).

The LED is integrated, with no socket and no lamp to change. Rated life is 30,000 hours, after which the head itself is the replacement item. If your maintenance program depends on relamping rather than swapping fixtures, pick a track head with a standard lamp base instead.

The TH497 delivers 1020 lumens at 12 watts with a 36 degree beam angle, which is a medium flood suited to accenting merchandise, artwork, or a display case rather than washing a whole room. The 90 CRI rendering matters for retail and gallery work where color accuracy on product or paint is the point. Spacing comes down to ceiling height and the spread you want from a 36 degree cone, so lay heads out per display rather than evenly down the track.

Extension is 5.75 inches from the track, and the head body measures 2.75 x 2.75 x 2.75 inches. It is a ceiling-mounted track head weighing 0.77 lbs, so it stays tight to the ceiling plane in low-clearance spaces such as corridors and retail aisles.

No, the TH497 is not CCT selectable. It is a fixed color temperature head, so every unit on a run will match without any switch settings to get wrong during install. If you need to field-tune warm to cool across different rooms in a building, choose a selectable-CCT track head instead.

It carries a cETLus safety listing, covering both US and Canadian requirements, and the fixture is RoHS compliant. That is usually what an institutional or MRO spec is asking for on an indoor track head. Note the California Prop 65 disclosure for lead.

The housing is aluminum, which also serves as the heat sink for the integrated LED, and the whole head weighs 0.77 lbs. The piston form is a modern styling with an aiming body, so it is meant to be re-aimed by hand when displays move.

White is the finish offered on the TH497, ordered by that same part number. If you are adding heads to an existing white track run, this matches; for a black or brushed nickel run you would need a different head.