The Domus GTA-271 is a replacement panel set for the AVIGNONseries a full set of diffuser panels supplied together, made to order.

It publishes a 3.3 metre length on a lantern panel

• The record gives width 300mm, height 300mm andlength 3,300mm.
• THE AVIGNON LANTERNS THIS SET SUITS ARE 215 mm WIDE. Their posts run1.25 to 2.4m tall, and the twin-head versions span 640mm. A 3.3 metre panelis longer than the tallest post in the family.
• 330 mm WOULD BE CONSISTENT with the 300 300 figures beside it. We are not publishing that as a fact, because a plausible correction is still aguess.
• WHAT SEPARATES THIS FROM THE OTHER ODD DIMENSIONS IN THIS CATALOGUE IS THAT IT IS A SINGLEVALUE. Around twenty products publish dimensions like1200mm | 1700mm or 2065mm | 1915mm | 1815mm several sizes listed in one field, legible to a person reading the page. This one is not a list. It is one number, and it does not fit its own family.
• ASK US FOR THE PANEL DIMENSIONS BEFORE ORDERING we will confirmwith Domus rather than guess, and on a made-to-order part a wrong assumption costs ten days as well as theprice.

A panel SET, not a single panel and that is the useful distinction

• THIS IS SUPPLIED AS A SET, WHICH IS THE RIGHT WAY TO BUY IT. A lanternhas four or more panels, and they age together UV clouds acrylic and weather etches glass at muchthe same rate on all faces.
• REPLACING ONE PANEL IN A WEATHERED LANTERN LEAVES A BRIGHT FACE AMONG DULL ONES, which reads worse from a distance than the original damage did. The set solves that.
• IT IS ALSO THE CHEAPER FAILURE MODE OVER TIME. One set every decade beatsfour separate single-panel orders across the same decade, each with its own leadtime.
• IF ONLY ONE PANEL IS BROKEN AND THE LANTERN IS NEW, a single panel is the sensiblepurchase. Tell us which and we will confirm what is availableseparately.

Identify the series before ordering

This set suits the AVIGNON series. Domus’s traditionalexterior ranges share a visual language but not their parts, so a lantern that looks like an Avignon may bea Chester, a Turin or a Vienna and will not take these panels. IDENTIFY BY THE GT CODE, NOT BY SHAPE usually on the originalinvoice or a label inside the fitting. If there is no code, send us a photograph and thepanel measurement and we will confirm before you order. Given the length figure on thisrecord, ask us for the dimensions rather than working from thelisting.

Acrylic and glass age differently and it changes when you replace

• ACRYLIC YELLOWS AND CLOUDS UNDER UV. It does not usually crack; it slowlyloses clarity, and the light output falls with it often by enough to notice before anyoneidentifies the cause.
• GLASS DOES NOT YELLOW, but it etches in coastal air and it breaksoutright.
• SO THE TWO FAIL ON DIFFERENT SCHEDULES: acrylic degrades gradually and is replaced onappearance; glass fails suddenly and is replaced on breakage.
• IF A LANTERN LOOKS DIMMER THAN IT USED TO AND THE LAMP IS NEW, THE PANELS ARE THE FIRSTTHING TO CHECK. People usually replace the lamp twice before they think ofit.

What this part does not have, and why that is right

No voltage, no wattage, no IP rating, no lamp base. A DIFFUSER PANEL ISPASSIVE AND SHOULD PUBLISH NO ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION. This one correctly publishesonly dimensions and a warranty. That is worth noting, because83 of 104 passive parts in this catalogue diffusers, bases, adaptors, brackets andspares do carry an electrical field they cannot have.

Made to order

Allow up to 10 business days for production. On a spare part that is worthplanning for: damage is discovered when you want it fixed, not ten daysbeforehand.

What is published

Where it works

• Restoring a weathered AVIGNON lantern all panels at once.
• When a lantern looks dim and the lamp is new check the panels.
• Keeping a run matched a set, not one face.
• Not ordered on the published length ask us first.
• Not ordered on shape alone confirm the GT code.

Specifying it

Replacement diffuser panel set for the AVIGNON series. Supplied as a set. No electrical parts.Made to order, up to 10 business days. 1-year warranty. ITS RECORD PUBLISHES A LENGTH OF 3,300 mm BESIDE A WIDTH AND HEIGHT OF 300 mm, and the AVIGNONlanterns this set suits are 215 mm wide a 3.3 metre panel is longer than the tallest post in the family.330 mm would be consistent, but we have not published that, because a plausible correction is still aguess. WHAT SEPARATES THIS FROM THE OTHER ODD DIMENSIONS HERE IS THAT IT IS A SINGLE VALUE: aroundtwenty products publish things like “1200mm | 1700mm” several sizes in one field, legible to a person.This is one number that does not fit its own family. ASK US FOR THE PANEL DIMENSIONS BEFOREORDERING.

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Questions

Is it really 3.3 metres long?

Almost certainly not, and we have not corrected it either. The record gives width 300mm, height 300mm and length 3,300mm but the AVIGNON lanterns this set suits are 215mm wide, and a 3.3 metre panel is longer than the tallest post in the family. 330mm would be consistent with the figures beside it, but a plausible correction is still a guess. Ask us and we will confirm with Domus.

Are other dimensions in this catalogue wrong too?

Differently. Around twenty products publish dimensions like “1200mm | 1700mm” or “2065mm | 1915mm | 1815mm” several sizes listed in one field, which is legible to a person reading the page even though it breaks any numeric reader. This one is not a list; it is a single number that does not fit its own family, which is why it stands out.

Why is it supplied as a set?

Because panels age together. A lantern has four or more, and UV clouds acrylic and weather etches glass at much the same rate on all faces so replacing one panel in a weathered lantern leaves a bright face among dull ones, which reads worse from a distance than the original damage did. A set solves that, and it is cheaper over time than four separate single-panel orders each with its own lead time.

What if only one panel is broken?

If the lantern is new, a single panel is the sensible purchase there is nothing to mismatch yet. Tell us which one and we will confirm what is available separately.

How do I know it fits my lantern?

Identify by the GT code, not by shape. Domus’s traditional exterior ranges share a visual language but not their parts, so a lantern that looks like an Avignon may be a Chester, a Turin or a Vienna and will not take these panels. The code is usually on the original invoice or a label inside the fitting. If there is no code, send us a photograph and the panel measurement.

My lantern looks dimmer than it used to. Is that the panels?

Quite possibly, if the lamp is new. Acrylic yellows and clouds under UV it does not usually crack, it slowly loses clarity, and the light output falls with it, often by enough to notice before anyone identifies the cause. People usually replace the lamp twice before they think of the panels.

Do acrylic and glass fail differently?

On different schedules. Acrylic degrades gradually and is replaced on appearance; glass does not yellow but it etches in coastal air and it breaks outright, so it is replaced on breakage. That changes when you should be looking a glass lantern gives you no warning, an acrylic one dims for years first.