LED panels to mount *on* a surface, preferably square

surface mounting is available - e.g.

I bought a 1200 x 300 panel and surface mounting frame from these people

Richard

I bought these for our kitchen:

Surely, there are lots of lower wattage ones available that would suit you?

Yes, I am (still!) looking at similar for our kitchen, but I've not seen

I've one of these in the kitchen, been happy with it for nearly 2 years. Dimmable with remote.

Forgot link.....

That's 3.5cm thick though, surely one should be able to find thinner.

Quite! 5cm is hardly thin.

You may find thinner.

Those particular ones have a fixture that you screw to the ceiling and then slide the lamp onto.

The fixture is around half of the 3.5 cm thickness, but that does allow for surface wiring. (You can bring the cable down through a small hole in the ceiling and make the connections on the underside of the ceiling, where they'll be hidden by the light.) You might well find a thinner alternative where the connections go above the ceiling.

Just be aware how thick a driver will be. If they come with a separate driver then they may be 2cm in height which need to be hidden either within or on top of the fitting or hidden in the ceiling void.

Some fitting come with a driver (power supply) already mounted to the LED panel and soe come with a separate driver with a flying plug in lead.

Most of my panels are 4 to 5cm deep where the driver is hidden within or on top of the fitting. On a small circular panel of around 30cm diameter it can look a bit chunky but less so the bigger panels. On my round living room panels the diffuser front is bigger than the mounting base and so the thickness of the fitting is not so apparent.

I have one surface mount panel that is around 1cm deep beneath the ceiling but the (separate) driver and junction box live in the loft.

This one is surface mount, circular and pretty bright white, not warm white or a horrid blue tint. In a 3m x 3m room, it's good light for working in.

Night and day, as they say ..