please help me select led ucl for my kitchen reno,

9 years ago

I read many of the posts in the long thread about led but I'll be honest, I just don't have the time to read through all the post and I also can't retain all the information about a dozen posts. If you could give me some suggestions I'd appreciate it. I want to have dimmable rgb led's but have determined I can't get the lumens (brightness) I want so I'll have to go with rgb for mood lighting which can be purchased easily, but the more difficult decision is the white led's which will be used 80% of the time, so I'll need two separate switches. It is for a U-shaped kitchen that I'm presently building the cabinets for. These are my requirements for the white led's which will be used most often.

1. Non dimmable.
2. Under cabinet valance will be 1.5"
3. Light output needs to be high in comparison to my existing fluorescent fixtures.
4. I prefer daylight or color temperature between 5000-6500k
5. Shortest length will be 18" longest will be 48" with a total span of 17' with two extensions needed for window and range separation.
6. Budget is $250.00.
7. I'm set up for line or low voltage.
Below is the present brightness I'm looking to replace.

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renosarefun
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9 years ago

Thanks for the reply davidtay.

Yes the present set up is T5 flourescent at around 4000k totalling 16' and I agree in that I would want to retain if not improve the same level of lighting..

Since I'm building my own kitchen and doing my own wiring, therefore staying at 120V or stepping down to low voltage isn't a problem and not very expensive so it's still an option.

I couldn't find an rgb that was capable of the lumens per foot that I needed, (or maybe I just didn't know where to look), therefore I decided my only other option would be to use two separate runs/switches, one for rgb and the other dedicated to bright white lighting. I believe you're saying I can't obtain ultra bright led lighting with a length of around 17' for $250.00? I budgeted about $100.00 for rgb lighting since they can be purchased even at Costco for less than that.

I checked into the hue strips and there seems to be too many options and not enough time to do enough research as I was waiting for the coat of varnish to dry somewhat before I apply another coat.

I'm not sure what you mean by "You'd need to do the work measuring". Can you give me some more info on what I need to measure?

Thanks again davidtay.

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