The Utica CTC is a 480mm low-profile close-to-ceiling light in white integrated 40W giving 2,750lm, with3000K / 4000K / 5000K and TRIAC dimming, projectingonly 50mm.

If you are comparing the Utica with the Arema, they areeffectively the same fitting.

Every performance figure is identical. The Utica is 20mmnarrower and 300 grams lighter, and that is the whole difference. They arebuilt on one LED platform, in two faces.

So choose on the look, and on nothing else and if the two are priceddifferently, take the cheaper. Ask us and we will send photographs of both, becauseat this margin the shape of the face is the only thing that separates them.

50mm deep and that is the real selling point

Genuinely low-profile. Most ceiling fittings of this size project60 to 120mm; the Utica sits 50mm off the ceiling, so itreads as a flush disc rather than an object hanging below the plane.

That matters in real positions:

• Low ceilings, where every centimetre of head height counts.
• Hallways, where a deep fitting is the first thing you notice.
• Above a door swing, or under a bulkhead.
• Under a stair, or in a garage with a roller door track.

2,750 lumens, and full dimming

69lm/W enough to be the only light in a living room, a largebedroom or a hallway run.

TRIAC dimming on an ordinary wall dimmer, across the fullrange not fixed steps. At 2,750 lumens that is what lets one fitting be aworking light at full and an evening one low.

The contrast worth knowing: the Thalia and Lyric oysters givethree fixed steps 100%, 50%, 20% from the switch you already have, andneed no dimmer at all. Better for a retrofit with no dimmer in the wall; less control.The Utica needs a dimmer and gives you every level in between.

Three colour temperatures, set at installation

3000K warm for living rooms and bedrooms right in most homes.4000K neutral for a kitchen, laundry or study.5000K cool for a garage or workshop.

Decide before the electrician leaves. Our recordflags the Utica as colour changing, which overstates it the setting is madeat the fitting, at installation, and cannot be changed from a switch, an app or aremote. If you are fitting several through a house, set themall the same: a hallway at 4000K opening onto a living room at 3000 is obviousevery time you walk through.

(If you want colour you can change afterwards, ask us about the Corsa, whosethree settings are switched from your ordinary wall switch.)

3.7 kilograms sits flat against the ceiling. Aclose-to-ceiling mount puts the whole weight on the plate and the ceiling surface,with none of the relief a suspension gives on plasterboard that needs aproper fixing. Tell your electrician the figure before the ceiling is opened.

The canopy is 378mm on a 480mm face, so on areplacement it covers most of what came off. Theacrylic diffuser is what makes a 40W array read as aneven, seamless disc rather than a panel with visible dots.ClassI earth required,IP20 indoor and dry locations only, so not a bathroom.CRI above 80.

Where it works

• Living rooms and bedrooms bright enough alone, and it dims all the way.
• Low ceilings, hallways, bulkheads and above door swings 50mm.
• Kitchens and laundries, at 4000K.
• Effectively identical to the Arema choose on the look, or on price.
• IP20 not a bathroom. The Lunos squares are IP44.

Specifying it

480mm across, projection 50mm, canopy378mm, 3.7kg, iniron and acrylic, white. Integrated40W LED giving 2,750lm, included, with3000K / 4000K / 5000K set at installation,CRI>80, andTRIAC dimming across the full range. 240V,ClassI earth required,IP20 indoor and dry locations only. Warranty is three years, as a replacementwarranty.

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Questions

How is it different from the Arema?

Barely at all, and it is worth knowing before you spend time comparing. Every performance figure is identical 40 watts, 2,750 lumens, the same three colour temperatures, the same TRIAC dimming, the same 50mm projection, the same materials. The Utica is 20mm narrower and 300 grams lighter, and that is the whole difference. Choose on the look, or on price, and ask us for photographs of both.

How low-profile is it really?

50mm, where most ceiling fittings this size project 60 to 120. It reads as a flush disc rather than an object hanging below the ceiling plane, which matters on a low ceiling, in a hallway, above a door swing, under a bulkhead or in a garage with a roller door track.

Will it light a room on its own?

Yes 2,750 lumens covers a living room, a large bedroom or a hallway run.

How is the dimming different from an oyster?

The Utica is TRIAC dimmable across the full range on an ordinary wall dimmer. The Thalia and Lyric oysters give three fixed steps 100%, 50%, 20% from the switch you already have, needing no dimmer at all. The oysters are better for a retrofit; the Utica gives you every level in between.

Can I change the colour temperature later?

No. Our record flags it as colour changing, which overstates it the setting is made at the fitting during installation. If you want colour you can change afterwards, ask us about the Corsa, whose three settings are switched from your ordinary wall switch.

How heavy is it?

3.7kg, sitting flat against the ceiling which puts the whole weight on the mounting plate and the ceiling surface, with none of the relief a suspension gives. On plasterboard that needs a proper fixing.

Can it go in a bathroom?

No IP20, indoor and dry locations only. The Lunos squares are IP44 if you need one that can.