The Domus Maxi 40 is a 1.7m suspended LED linear pendant 34W, 3060lm, 3000K atCRI90, dimmable, in a white body with a low diffuser.

Made to order, and no lead time is published

Domus asks you to call and confirm it worth settling before thebenchtop template date on a kitchen. We will.

Hanging it and the 3 m drop makes this arithmetic rather than advice

• The conventions: about 750mm from a benchtop to the bottom of the fitting over anisland, and about 800mm over a dining table. Low enough to light the surface, highenough to see across.
• 3m of suspension covers everything up to about a 4m ceiling the cable is shortened on site rather than extended.
• Above that, or on a raked ceiling, you run out, and whether Domus suppliesa longer drop is not published. Ask before specifying.
• Two figures are still missing: the suspension-point spacing and the weight. A 1.7m fitting may hang from one point or two, and that changes the setting-outentirely. Ask us for both before the ceiling closes.

The published specification

Where it works

• 2.5m dining tables and medium islands.
• Ceilings from 2.4m to about 4m the drop covers them.
• White and plasterboard ceilings.
• Not raked or very tall ceilings without checking the drop.
• Not set out until we have the spacing and the weight.

Specifying it

1.7m suspended LED linear pendant. 3060lm, 34W, 3000K, CRI90. 120down-only. IP20. 1700mm. 3m suspension drop supplied. PLEX-COB-20W strip,integral dimmable driver, DALI and emergency on request. White body, low diffuser. 3-year replacementwarranty. Order code MAXI-40-1.7M-LD-W-3K. SKUs 3020030203. 240V. THE 3M DROP MAKES THE MOUNTING ARITHMETIC RATHER THAN ADVICE hang about 750mm above abenchtop or 800mm above a table, and 3m covers everything up to about a 4m ceiling, shortened on site. Above that or on a raked ceiling you run out. The suspension-point spacing and the weight are still notpublished, and a 1.7m fitting may take one point or two.

Supplied and supported by Lights For You.

Questions

How high should I hang it?

About 750mm from a benchtop to the bottom of the fitting over an island, and about 800mm over a dining table low enough to light the surface, high enough to see across. From a 2.4m ceiling over a 900mm island that is roughly 750mm of drop; from 3.0m it is about 1350mm; from a 4m ceiling over a table it is about 2450mm. All of those sit inside the 3m supplied.

When does the supplied drop run out?

Above about a 4m ceiling, and on a raked ceiling where the drop varies along the fitting. A 5m ceiling over a table needs roughly 3450mm, which exceeds the 3m supplied. Whether Domus offers a longer drop is not published, so ask us before specifying into a tall or raked space rather than discovering it at installation.

What mounting information is still missing?

Two figures, and they are specific. The suspension-point spacing: a 1.7m fitting may hang from one point or two, and that changes the setting-out entirely one is centred while two must be positioned and both must land in structure. And the weight, which decides whether the fixing goes into a joist, a noggin or a proprietary plasterboard anchor. Ask us for both before the ceiling closes.

Can I shorten the cable myself?

The 3m drop is intended to be shortened on site, which is standard for a suspended pendant of this kind that is why a generous length is supplied rather than a fixed short one. Your electrician will do it as part of the installation. What you cannot do is extend it, which is why the tall-ceiling question needs answering before you order.

How much light does it give?

3060 lumens at 90 lumens per watt from 34W, at 3000K and CRI90. Over a 2.5m dining table or a medium island that is task lighting at full output, and dimmed to about a third it becomes dining light.

Why CRI90 over an island?

Because food is judged under it. CRI90 renders close to natural light, so meat, vegetables and fruit read correctly for freshness, where CRI80 what most commercial linear lighting publishes flattens reds in particular. And at 3000K you get warm light that still renders honestly.

Can I use it in a damp space?

No IP20, dry interior only. A pendant over a domestic island is fine because it sits away from the steam; directly over a range or in a commercial kitchen it is not, and neither is a bathroom or an alfresco area.