Domus ZEKE-PRO 8 Sm IP65 8W TRIO 240V

The Domus ZEKE-PRO-8 surface-mounted, 240 V is the largest surface step light in the range — 240 V AC, 8 W, 421–495 lumens, CRI ≥90, IP65, not dimmable, in black or white.

⚠ 495 lumens, on the wall, with no dimmer — the combination to think about

• ⭐ This is the brightest fitting in the family at 495 lm (5000 K), and it is not dimmable.
• ⭐⭐ A SURFACE FITTING SITS PROUD OF THE WALL, SO ITS SOURCE IS LESS SHIELDED THAN A RECESSED ONE'S. ⭐ A recessed unit's own aperture shades it from oblique angles; a surface unit is visible from further along the path.
• ⚠ PUT THOSE TOGETHER AND THIS IS THE FITTING MOST LIKELY TO END UP TOO BRIGHT. ⭐ Over-brightness is the commonest fault in low-level lighting, and a glare source in the eye-line destroys night vision rather than aiding it.
• ⭐ THE ANSWERS, IN ORDER: mount it lower rather than higher; space them further apart than you think; choose 3000 K rather than 5000 K, which is also the dimmest setting at 421 lm; and if there is real doubt, take the 5 W version or a dimmable 24 V unit.
• ⭐ ALL 6 low-voltage step lights in the range dim; ⚠ 4 of 10 mains ones do too — ⭐ so check the individual product rather than assuming from the voltage.

⭐ 3000 K is the dimmest setting, which is unusually convenient here

⭐ The three colours give 421 lm at 3000 K, 462 at 4000 and 495 at 5000. ⭐⭐ SO THE WARMEST SETTING IS ALSO THE DIMMEST, BY ABOUT 15%. ⭐ On a fitting with no dimmer that is the one lever you have, and it happens to point the same way as the aesthetic advice: 3000 K flatters stone, brick and planting where 5000 K reads as institutional. ⭐ Set it at 3000 K and you get the better colour and the lower output in one decision. ⭐ It is switchable on the fitting, so this is set at installation — ⚠ make sure all of them get set the same way, because a run at mixed colour temperatures is very obvious at night.

⭐ Surface mounting — no hole, and reversible

• ⭐⭐ SAME ENGINE AS THE RECESSED ZAC-PRO-8, with the same 421/462/495 lm and the same CRI ≥90. ⭐ The difference is that it needs no hole at all: a cable and two fixings.
• ⭐⭐ THAT MATTERS MOST ON THE 8 W UNIT, because the recessed version's cutout is 210 × 60 mm — longer than a brick is tall, crossing a mortar course, and genuinely difficult to core after the fact. ⭐ The surface version sidesteps all of it.
• ⭐ AND IT IS REVERSIBLE. ⭐ A surface fitting in the wrong place leaves two holes; a recessed one leaves a hole to patch. ⭐ Given that this is the fitting most likely to be too bright in a given position, being able to move it is worth something real.
• ⚠ The costs: it projects, so keep it out of the walking line, and it is visible in daylight — ⭐ black recedes against most masonry, white announces itself.

⭐ CRI ≥90 across the widest spread in the family

⭐ Most exterior step lights run CRI 70 to 80. ⭐⭐ AT CRI ≥90 SANDSTONE, BRICK, TIMBER AND RENDER KEEP THEIR COLOUR, and on the largest fitting in the family that quality is applied across the widest area — ⭐ so the CRI is doing more visible work here than on any other unit in the range. ⭐ The 120° beam covers about a metre of path from a 300 mm mounting.

⭐ The chromate process, and what wears a surface fitting

⭐ “A special chromate process before a polyester powder coated finish is applied.” ⭐ A conversion coating on the bare aluminium before paint, which decides whether the powder coat stays attached — untreated aluminium lets it lift at any chip and corrosion runs underneath. ⭐⭐ ON THE LARGEST SURFACE FITTING THAT MATTERS MOST OF ALL: the biggest exposed body, at ground level, meeting mowers, edgers, irrigation and fertiliser. ⛔ Its application field says “Indoor” — one of 78 IP65+ products that do.

✅ What is published

Where it works

• ⭐⭐ Wide treads where recessing is impossible — ⭐ no 210 mm slot.
• ⭐ Retrofit on finished masonry — ⭐ a cable and two fixings.
• ⭐ Stone and timber — ⭐ CRI ≥90 across the widest area.
• ⚠ Not mounted high or closely spaced — ⭐ 495 lm, no dimmer.
• ⛔ Not on a dimmer circuit.

Specifying it

Surface-mounted LED step light, 8 W. 240 V AC. 421/462/495 lm at 3000/4000/5000 K switchable. CRI ≥90, 120° beam. IP65. Not dimmable. Cast aluminium, chromate-treated, TPS cable gland. 50,000 hrs. ⚠ 495 LUMENS, SURFACE-MOUNTED, WITH NO DIMMER IS THE COMBINATION TO THINK ABOUT — a surface fitting sits proud of the wall so its source is less shielded than a recessed one's, and this is the fitting in the family most likely to end up too bright. The answers in order: mount it lower rather than higher, space them further apart than you think, and set 3000 K. ⭐ THAT LAST ONE IS UNUSUALLY CONVENIENT HERE BECAUSE 3000 K IS ALSO THE DIMMEST SETTING, by about 15% — so the warmer colour and the lower output come in one decision, and both are the right call outdoors.

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