44mm x 40mm Silver Deep Square

This is a wide aluminium profile, made for broad or high-output LED strip. The extra width buys two things – room for a bigger strip, and more aluminium to carry heat away from it.

Why strip lighting belongs in a profile

Width is mostly about heat. A wide extrusion has more aluminium in contact with the strip and more surface to shed what it collects, which is what lets a high-output run hold its brightness instead of fading unevenly over a few years.

It also gives the diffuser somewhere to sit. Depth between the strip and the cover is what blends separate LEDs into an even line, and a wide profile usually has more of it – which is why a bright strip in a generous channel looks smoother than the same strip in a shallow one.

The trade is presence. A wide profile is visible as an object, so it wants to be either deliberately expressed or properly recessed – not half-hidden.

Choosing and installing it

This channel takes LED strip up to 30mm (w) x 4mm (h). Check your strip against that before ordering – strip that is too wide will not seat, and the profile is the part that has to accommodate the strip rather than the other way round.

Cut it with a mitre saw and a fine-tooth blade, and support the length properly while you do – a wide extrusion is heavy enough to move under its own weight and finish the cut out of square.

Leave yourself a way to get power in. The cable has to enter somewhere, and a run that has been fixed, diffused and capped with no thought given to where the driver sits is a run that has to come apart again.

Diffusers and end caps to suit are listed separately, so the finish can be chosen to match the room rather than being fixed by the channel.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a profile for LED strip?

Strip will run without one, but it will run hotter and show every individual LED. A profile draws heat away and, with a diffuser, turns the run into a continuous line.

Does it come with the strip or a driver?

No. The profile is the channel only. The LED strip and the driver that powers it are separate.

What size strip fits?

Up to 30mm (w) x 4mm (h). Check your strip against that before ordering.

Can I cut it to length?

Yes. Profiles are cut on site with a mitre saw and a fine-tooth blade. Plan where the joins fall before cutting.

Are the diffuser and end caps included?

They are listed separately, which lets the finish be chosen to suit the room. Check what your run needs before ordering.

Can it go outside?

No. At IP20 it is for indoor, dry locations only.

What warranty does it carry?

3 Years*