What EGLO confirms for item number 75563
With this lamp you can cross-check, and it is worth doing. The listing gives 75563 as the model number and 09002759755638 as the GTIN. That takes you unambiguously to the EGLO item BOTTAZZO 1 in white, for which the manufacturer maintains a technical data sheet and a product page. The data sheet shows a length of 1,000 millimetres, a width of 250 millimetres, a height of 70 millimetres and a net weight of 1.89 kilograms. The housing is aluminium in white, the shade is plastic in white. Under technical information are IP20 protection, Class 1, a mains voltage of 220 to 240 volts at 50 or 60 hertz, dimmable, 25 watts and a maximum power including control gear of 28 watts. For the light source, EGLO lists a single LED board, included in the package, with 3,200 lumens, 2,700 to 5,000 kelvin as Tuneable White and energy efficiency class E. In addition there is the statement that the LED and driver can be replaced by a specialist. The switch type is given as without switch, the function as remote control including colour temperature control, plus two AAA batteries in zinc-carbon technology with 370 milliamp hours. The product page confirms 3,200 lumens, 2,700 to 5,000 kelvin, IP20 and class E, but gives no wattage itself. We have not measured anything in a laboratory; this page only puts manufacturer statements and listing texts into context.
Four entries in the Amazon attribute table are wrong
The feature text in the listing matches the data sheet and states 25 watts and 3,200 lumens. The structured attribute table of the same listing does not. It differs in four points, and three of them are not a matter of rounding but factually wrong.
| Feature | Amazon attribute table | EGLO data sheet 75563 |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 24 watts | 25 watts, maximum 28 watts including control gear |
| Cap | Light bulb cap GU10 | one fixed LED board, light source included |
| Power supply | battery-powered | 220 to 240 volts, fixed mains connection |
| Colour temperature | 5,000 kelvin | 2,700 to 5,000 kelvin, Tuneable White |
The 24 watts appear only in this table. For planning your circuit, the manufacturer's figure of a maximum power including control gear of 28 watts is the right number anyway, because it includes the driver's losses. The GU10 entry has the most serious consequences, because it leads you to expect a lamp with a replaceable light bulb: GU10 is a cap for reflector lamps, whereas here the light source is a fixed board. Only the remote control with its two AAA cells is battery-powered, not the lamp. And the 5,000 kelvin is not the colour temperature but the upper end of an adjustment range that begins at 2,700 kelvin. If you take values from this table into a conversion between lumens and watts, you are calculating with the wrong numbers. Only the data sheet is reliable here.
What the remote control can do, and what is not documented
The remote control is not an optional extra but the only means of operation, because the data sheet gives the switch type as without switch. Amazon provides an EGLO manual as a product document, which according to its header applies to item numbers 75563, 75564 and 75565. It describes on and off, dimming, shifting the colour temperature towards 2,700 kelvin and towards 5,000 kelvin, and button sequences for pairing, unpairing, grouping and ungrouping several lamps. More important is what it does not say. A memory function that retains brightness and colour temperature after switching off is not described in any EGLO document we checked, neither in the manual nor in the data sheet nor on the product page. Likewise missing are the range of the remote control and the maximum number of lamps in a group. A third point concerns the electrics: the data sheet lists the lamp as dimmable, but gives only control via the remote as its function. There is no approval for leading-edge or trailing-edge dimmers. A wall dimmer in the supply cable is therefore not intended, and the combination can damage the driver and the dimmer. If you want to keep using an existing dimmer switch, this panel is the wrong choice.
Dimensions, weight and fixing to the ceiling
Before buying, measure at the ceiling a free length of at least 100 centimetres and a width of 25 centimetres, plus 7 centimetres of projection downwards. A panel one metre long also needs a suitable ceiling position: if the existing junction box lies outside the area covered by the lamp, you must route the supply cable visibly or have the box moved. One point appears expressly only in the listing text and not in the data sheet: the fixing material is not included in the package. You therefore need plugs and screws that suit your ceiling material and can carry the 1.89 kilograms permanently. For a suspended plasterboard ceiling, that means cavity fixings or attachment to the substructure. The IP20 rating limits use to dry interior rooms: a position near a bath or shower and a damp garage are not intended, and those need a higher IP rating. If you want to group several lamps, plan a separate supply cable for each lamp. Whether 3,200 lumens from one ceiling position is enough for your room depends on floor area and room height; the orders of magnitude are in our overview, how many lumens a room needs. For a ceiling solution that is instead recessed into a suspended ceiling, the data check on the Paulmann Nova Plus shows what matters for the ceiling cut-out and the IP rating.
Hard-wired 230 volt connection: Class 1 and a qualified electrician
The lamp has no plug. It is connected to a fixed mains supply cable and is built to Class 1, so it needs the earth conductor. This is exactly what the general safety instructions that EGLO includes as a product document address: electrical installation of lamps with terminals for connection to the mains supply cable must be carried out by a qualified electrician, and the mains supply cable must be de-energised before installation begins. The same document states that the external flexible cable of this lamp cannot be replaced and that the lamp must be scrapped if the cable is damaged. In practice, that means two things. First, this panel is not a solution for a room without an existing ceiling outlet, and if you are not a qualified electrician yourself, connecting it belongs in professional hands. Second, for the load on the circuit, calculate with the 28 watts from the manufacturer's figure and not with the 25 watts of the light source. What such a consumption adds up to over a year can be estimated from operating hours and unit price.
Why a containing product does not mean a replaceable light bulb
The listing says it is a containing product with a light bulb of energy efficiency class E, and that containing products are lamps that can be taken apart for separate checking of the light source they contain. This sentence sounds like a light bulb that you take out yourself. What is meant is the classification under the EU energy labelling rules: the light source inside is labelled, and because it can be removed for checking, the lamp counts as a containing product. Class E therefore describes the LED board, not the lamp as a whole. What follows for you is stated by the data sheet in a field of its own: LED and driver replaceable by a specialist. Replacement is possible, but not without tools, expertise and a spare part. Whether EGLO offers the board and driver as a spare part at all is not stated in any of the documents we checked. If you need a lamp with a freely replaceable light bulb, you are better off looking for a different design.
The name Bottazzo stands for several sizes
If you find figures for this lamp elsewhere, always check the item number. EGLO uses the name Bottazzo for several products. The numbers 75563 in white, 75564 in silver and 75565 in black denote the same panel with 1,000 by 250 by 70 millimetres, 25 watts, 3,200 lumens, 2,700 to 5,000 kelvin and class E; they differ in frame colour and weight. In addition, EGLO lists under the same name a square panel measuring 29.5 by 29.5 centimetres, 13.8 watts and 1,800 lumens, and a further variant with 27.5 watts and 3,600 lumens. A lumen figure taken over without looking at the number quickly leads to the wrong size. For this listing, the following applies: model number 75563, GTIN 09002759755638, and 25 watts and 3,200 lumens match it. Two observations belong here because they concern availability. In the data sheet, EGLO enters Supersale in the Theme field, so it assigns the item to a clearance segment. And the EGLO product page for 75563 reported when retrieved that the product is currently unavailable, with an offer to notify you when it returns. Neither says anything about price, but it is a reason to check availability before planning with several lamps. In a clearance sale, reordering the same version can become difficult, and a group of several identical panels depends on exactly that.
What is missing for a screen workstation
The listing promotes the lamp as an office ceiling light, and on paper the combination of 3,200 lumens, a length of one metre and switchable colour temperature works well over a work table. For a screen workstation, however, exactly the details that matter there are missing. EGLO publishes no UGR value for this item that would allow glare limitation to be assessed, and no colour rendering index. Flicker values of the driver, that is the flicker metric and the metric for stroboscopic effects, are also absent from all the documents we checked, and so is a rated lifetime in hours. It is revealing how EGLO classifies the lamp itself: the data sheet gives the type as ceiling light and the product segment as domestic lighting, not office lighting. This leads to a clear distinction. For a home office where you also want to sit and relax in the evening, adjustable colour temperature is a real advantage, because you can switch between warm white and cool white. For a workstation assessed under workplace rules, however, you cannot prove without a manufacturer's value that the lamp meets the glare limitation required there. A luminous surface one metre long, mounted openly on the ceiling, is clearly more present in the field of view than a shielded recessed light. If this point matters to you, ask the manufacturer for the values before buying or choose a lamp that publishes them.
Our assessment: As a domestic panel with a remote control, the lamp is well documented, and matching via model number and GTIN works without gaps. Trouble looms in three places, and none of them is down to the technology. The attribute table on Amazon misleads with GU10, battery operation and 24 watts, the name Bottazzo stands for several sizes with 1,800, 3,200 and 3,600 lumens, and the description office ceiling light promises a suitability that the manufacturer does not back with data. If you need light for concentrated work, a ceiling light is only half the solution anyway: it provides the basic brightness in the room, and the light on the work surface is better supplied by a desk lamp in addition. Whether a monitor light bar is the more suitable addition is covered in the article when a monitor light bar makes sense.
Further reading: basics of lighting for living spaces, how many lumens a room needs, what separates 2,700 and 5,000 kelvin in daily life, the data check on the Paulmann Nova Plus and our source rules.