Basic lesson in under cabinet lighting? Recommendations?
Susan Phillips
11 years ago
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Newbie looking for basic under/in cabinet light advice
Comments (1)Under cabinet lighting solutions have to fit within very tight space constraints and are totally different from GU10 light bulbs. If you have dimmers, the lights could be used for aesthetic lighting and turned up full power for task lighting. UCL really works better for task lighting. As for in cabinet lighting, you could get some ideas from http://phantomlighting.com I would suggest a re-evaluation of your wants and needs. Take a look at the following thread on UCL. Here is a link that might be useful: UCL discussion continuation...See Morenew here, can you recommend warm LED under kitchen cabinet
Comments (1)More details in the link below Here is a link that might be useful: LED UCL continuation...See MorePlease recommend hardwired under cabinet lighting
Comments (12)I just put in the Maxlite from EL at 18/12 in and I love them! You may find one 12 in bar per 30 inches leaves definite bright and dark spots, especially with the 33/12 in since it will be so bright to start. I'm not a lighting expert, but I think you would have better coverage with 2 x 18/12 in per 30 in cabinet. If your bottoms are flat, you can run a continuous strip all the way down. It's a nice product - small, diffuser included, and nice light. Easy to hardwired too, I just used shallow metal junction boxes under the cabinet for each section (each seperate area of cabinets, not each cabinet). If I were you, I'd call EL and speak to one of their engineers. Normally you can send your plan in through the contact feature and get a quite in a day or two, but I bet if you speak with them first you could probably get a quote that day. The advantage of having them design a system and give a quote is they will be able to set you up a shopping cart with all the parts you need already in place. You just log on and check out. If you use EL, sign up for their newsletter first. They will send a coupon for 10% off your order. I have nothing but good things to say about them. I called a few times with questions, and they were great. I'm very pleased with the lights....See MoreUnder cbnet kitchen led lights
Comments (1)I am a homeowner and I just had GMLighting LARC LED light bars installed this May. They were recommended by the Yaleappliance blog. Also see http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2524705/basic-lesson-in-under-cabinet-lighting-recommendations. I am very satisfied with them. I had to special order them from a lighting showroom in town; they shipped out from California. They are dimmable and I made sure I got a licensed electrician to install them. I wanted the switch to be on the outside of the kitchen, so they were able to run the wiring through the attic....See MoreMsMaryMac23
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