Collingwood Surface Mount Kit for Solis 1200 x 600 LED Panels

A way to surface mount a Solis panel on a solid ceiling

Not every ceiling has a suspended grid to drop a panel into, and not every ceiling can take a recess cut into it. The Collingwood P2SMC surface mount kit solves that. It is a shallow white frame that screws straight onto a flat ceiling and holds a Solis 1200 x 600 LED panel against it, so the panel sits proud of the surface rather than buried in a void. If you have been searching for a surface mounting kit for a 1200 x 600 LED panel, this is the Collingwood part made for that job.

White painted aluminium, sized to the panel

The frame is aluminium finished in white paint, so it reads as one piece with the panel border rather than a separate bracket bolted around it. It measures 1200mm by 600mm and stands 70mm deep, which is the full height the panel and frame occupy once fitted. The whole thing weighs 2.9 kg, light enough to hold in place while you mark your fixings. On a white plaster ceiling the effect is a clean rectangle with a slim raised edge, which suits offices and utility spaces where the panel is doing a functional job and the mounting should stay quiet.

How It Works

The kit is purely mechanical. There are no lamps, drivers or electrical parts inside it, and it adds no light of its own. You fix the frame to the ceiling with screws, run the panel supply through, then slide the panel in from one open side and secure it with the side screws supplied. That order matters, because it means all the awkward work happens before the panel is anywhere near the ceiling. Once the side screws are in, the panel is held captive in the frame and can be taken back out the same way if it ever needs servicing.

Where It Works Best

This is the accessory you reach for when the panel is going onto a solid ceiling. Think concrete soffits in a converted warehouse, plastered ceilings in a shop unit or a village hall, garages and workshops with a boarded ceiling and no void behind it, or a refurbishment where the old tiled grid has been stripped out and the client wants the panels kept. It is also useful where a void exists but is too shallow, or too full of services, to take the body of a 1200 x 600 panel. Anywhere a Solis panel has to go up flat rather than in, this frame is the bridge between the two.

About Collingwood Lighting

Collingwood designs and makes its LED products at Sywell in Northamptonshire, and has worked in LED specifically since 2002 rather than arriving from a traditional lamp background. The brand states it was among the first to put fire rated, fully sealed for life and mains dimmable LED products in front of the UK electrical wholesale trade. Collingwood also holds an EcoVadis Gold medal, which places it in the top 5% of the companies EcoVadis assesses worldwide for sustainability.

Good to Know

• Backed by a 5 year warranty, matching the cover on the Solis panels the kit is built for.
• Overall size is 1200mm long by 600mm wide by 70mm deep, weighing 2.9 kg.
• Made from aluminium with a white painted finish.
• The kit is a mounting frame only, with no electrical parts, so it carries no IP rating or electrical class of its own. Those figures come from the Solis panel fitted inside it.
• For the same reason it has no effect on dimming. Dimming behaviour depends entirely on the panel and its driver.
• Sized for the Solis 1200 x 600 panel. Panels in other sizes need the mounting kit matched to their own dimensions.
• Fixing screws for the ceiling should be chosen to suit the ceiling material you are drilling into.
• Clean with a dry soft cloth. Avoid solvents, which can mark the painted finish.
• Moonlight Design recommends installation by a registered NICEIC electrician, as the panel it holds is a mains luminaire.

Questions People Ask

What does the Collingwood P2SMC surface mount kit actually do?
The Collingwood P2SMC is a white painted aluminium frame that allows a Solis 1200 x 600 LED panel to be fixed directly onto a flat ceiling, instead of being dropped into a suspended ceiling grid or recessed into a void above the ceiling line.

Can the P2SMC be used where there is no ceiling void at all, or where the void is too full of services to take the panel?
Yes. The P2SMC fixes flat against the ceiling surface rather than sitting inside a void, so it suits solid ceilings with no void behind them and ceilings where pipework, cabling or ducting leaves too little depth to recess the panel.

Does the surface mount kit include the LED panel?
No. The Collingwood P2SMC is a mounting frame supplied on its own with its side fixing screws. The Solis 1200 x 600 LED panel is a separate product and must be bought alongside it.

How is the panel held in the frame?
The frame is screwed to the ceiling first, then the Solis panel slides in from one open side and is locked in place with the side screws provided, so the panel can be removed again later for servicing.

Does a surface mount kit change how the panel performs?
No. A surface mount kit contains no lamps, drivers or wiring, so light output, colour temperature, IP rating and dimming performance are all determined by the Solis panel itself.

1200mm length x 600mm width x 70mm depth

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