2 Metre Silver Aluminium LED Surface Profile 17x8mm, Opal Diffuser
NO FREE DELIVERY ON 2 METRE PROFILES. Delivery on this 2-metre profile is £19.85, on every order, at any order value. Free delivery never applies to 2-metre profiles — not even on orders over £90. 2-metre profiles are a long, rigid, oversized parcel and travel on a dedicated long-goods service. If your basket contains a 2-metre profile alongside 1-metre profiles, LED neon flex or any other product, the £19.85 charge applies to the whole order however much you spend. Next-day and timed services are not available on 2-metre profiles. Need a shorter length? Our 1-metre profiles ship at £6.95, free over £90. Anodised aluminium surface profile, 17x8mm, in a 2-metre length with an opal diffuser, end caps and mounting clips in the box. It screws flat to any surface and takes LED strip up to 12mm wide. At 8mm high it is the channel to reach for when the fitting must not announce itself — under a wall cabinet, along a shelf edge, down a stair stringer — and the opal cover turns the strip into one even line of light. Size: 17 x 8mm flat section, 2 metres long. Strip capacity: 12mm internal channel, 6mm deep, accepts LED tape up to 12mm wide. Build: anodised aluminium body with a push-in opal diffuser. Mounting: surface mounted on clips — no routing, no recess. IP rating: IP20 — an open channel for dry indoor rooms only. In the box: diffuser, end caps and mounting clips. Guarantee: 7 years. Where does a slim 17x8mm surface profile work best? Under kitchen wall units, along shelf fronts, inside wardrobes, under a stair nosing, behind a headboard. At 8mm deep it costs almost no headroom, which matters under a cabinet where every millimetre shows in the shadow gap. With the diffuser clipped in, the assembly stands about 8.6mm proud of the surface — in most kitchens that tucks behind the cabinet's front rail. Why buy the 2-metre length? Joins. Across a 4-metre run, 2-metre lengths give you one join where 1-metre lengths give you three, and every join is a place the light line can break. If your run is not an exact multiple, the aluminium cuts cleanly with a fine-tooth blade — but slide the diffuser out and cut it separately. Sawing the cover while it is clipped into the channel is how diffusers crack. The channel earns its keep on lifespan too. Aluminium moves heat roughly a thousand times better than plasterboard, and heat is what ages LED chips, so tape run inside this profile holds its brightness and colour longer than tape stuck to a bare surface. One honest caveat: an open IP20 channel waterproofs nothing inside it. For a bathroom wet zone, a pergola or anywhere water reaches, choose a sealed IP67 fitting instead. Questions buyers ask about 17x8mm surface profiles Does a channel only 8mm deep still hide the LED dots? With COB tape yes, because there are no separate diodes to hide. With SMD tape at 120 LEDs per metre or more the opal cover blends them well; below that the shallow depth can let faint dots show, so pick COB for anything viewed close up. Can it fit under a wall cabinet without cutting into the carcass? Yes, that is the intended fit. The clips screw to the underside and the profile snaps in, standing about 8.6mm proud once the cover is on — usually hidden behind the cabinet's front rail. How does a 2 metre profile ship, and what does it cost? Parcelforce 48 as a long parcel: £19.85 on every order, at any value; no next-day or Saturday service on 2-metre lengths. Shorter run? The same channel comes as a 1-metre surface profile that ships as a standard parcel. Prefer a black finish? Take the 2-metre black 17x8mm surface profile. Need a corner section rather than a flat face? The 19x19mm 2-metre corner profile matches this finish. Dot-free tape to pair with it sits in COB LED strip, and the full range lives in LED strip profiles. Not sure your strip and its connectors clear the 12mm channel? Call the ATOM LED technical team in Telford on 01952 370028, Monday to Friday 9am–5pm, or email operations@atomled.co.uk. Part of the full aluminium LED profile range — every size and mounting style in UK stock.