Domus Nova-17 SM 17X7MM P/M C/W Black Diff & Ec

The Domus NOVA-17 SM is a surface-mounted aluminium LED profile, sold per metre — with a BLACK PMMA diffuser and end caps, in three finishes.

⭐ 8 mm deep — the advantage and the risk in one number

• ⭐ This is the shallowest of the Domus strip profiles. ⭐ Its surface profile publishes 17 mm wide and 8 mm high — ⭐ against 11 mm on the Nova-20 and Nova-24, and 15 mm on the Omega-17.
• ⭐ THE ADVANTAGE: it barely projects. ⭐ Under a thin shelf, inside a shallow reveal, or on a cabinet face where anything taller would look applied, 8 mm is the difference between a detail and a fitting.
• ⚠ THE RISK: 8 mm is not much distance between the LEDs and the diffuser, ⭐ and that distance is what turns a row of separate LEDs into a continuous line. ⚠ With a widely spaced strip this is the profile most likely to show dots.
• ⭐ The fix is the strip, not the profile. ⭐ A high-density strip — more LEDs per metre, closer together — blends at less depth. ⛔ Domus publishes no LED density figure and no minimum depth, ⭐ so tell us the strip you intend and we will say whether 8 mm suits it.
• ⭐ And this listing's BLACK diffuser changes the calculation slightly in your favour — ⚠ a tinted diffuser scatters more than a clear one, so it hides dots a little better than it would appear, ⭐ at the cost of output.

⭐ Black diffuser, and the case for it

⭐ A black diffuser reads as a dark line when the strip is off, where opal reads as a white stripe. ⭐ In a dark ceiling, a black cabinet or a charcoal reveal, that is the whole point — ⭐ the profile disappears until it is lit. ⚠ It costs output and Domus does not publish how much. ⭐ So take black for accent and decorative runs, opal where you need to see.

✅ Surface, per metre, and no routing

⭐ No groove, so the recessed-width questions elsewhere in this family do not apply — ⭐ and at 17 mm wide the published surface figure matches the range name exactly. ⚠ What it does need is a straight run.

⛔ Not a light fitting

⛔ No strip, no driver. ⭐ Domus IP54 strip range.

✅ The specification

⛔ Made to order, cut to length

No lead time is published. Call our team to confirm. ⭐ We will.

Where it works

• ⭐ Thin shelves and shallow reveals — ⭐ where 8 mm is the point.
• Dark cabinets and charcoal ceilings — ⭐ the black diffuser.
• Accent and decorative runs.
• ⚠ Not with a widely spaced strip — ⚠ dots will show.
• ⛔ Not where you need maximum output — ⭐ take opal, and a deeper profile.

Specifying it

Surface-mounted LED strip profile, sold per metre. 17 mm wide × 8 mm high, 3 m maximum continuous length. Flat black PMMA diffuser and end caps. Extruded aluminium in aluminium, black or white. For the Domus IP54 strip range. Order code LP-1707-SM-B. ⭐ 8mm IS THE SHALLOWEST IN THE FAMILY, AND THAT IS BOTH THE ADVANTAGE AND THE RISK. It barely projects, which under a thin shelf is the difference between a detail and a fitting. ⚠ But 8mm is little distance between LED and diffuser, and that distance is what turns separate LEDs into a line — so with a widely spaced strip this is the profile most likely to show dots. ⭐ THE FIX IS THE STRIP, NOT THE PROFILE: a high-density strip blends at less depth.

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