Don't mind the missing door, I'm in the process of adding trim to the cabinets and plan on painting them a cream color with some pinstripe glazing. If anyone has any idea as to why this would happen, or if you have experienced the same thing I would appreciate to hear your thoughts. I've searched all over the web and only found issues from flickering LEDs used with a dimmer which isn't the case with mine. I really don't want to run the halogen bulbs. Thanks This post was edited by rockuf8 on Tue, Nov 5, 13 at 8:42

I still haven't found lighting that I'm satisfied with. I tried the rope lighting, but I hate the multiple (several sections of cabinet) heavy cords snaking down to the outlets. Originally, I had chosen rope lighting to avoid the pools of light from puck lights reflecting off the granite that Evilbunnie mentioned. But since the rope lighting didn't work out, I picked up a couple of battery-powered, LED puck lights and tried them, but the light is bluish and doesn't look very good. Then I got some of those cheap, battery-operated *moon* lights (pop lights, push lights, whatever varied names they go by) to try. They also don't give off much light. If they gave off more light, they would work fine for me. I guess I'm spoiled by the flourescent bars that my mom has in her kitchen -- but hers are installed behind a front piece that hides them from view (too late for me to do that, plus I have long, 42-inch cabs and wouldn't want to lose the counter clearance). The heat factor on the xenon lights does worry me a bit. It may not be a realistic worry, but it would make me nervous about it possibly causing a fire. Yes, my backsplash is already installed. In fact, at this point, I'm going to have to live with what I have for a while. But what I'd really LOVE to find is rope lighting that's battery-operated and gives off plenty of warm, yellow glowing light. Sigh. A fantasy, I know. Doesn't exist. Oh well, I can dream.... ;P But now that I'm fantasizing...one of the salesmen in Lowe's mentioned that he has xmas lights in his kitchen instead of rope lighting. Think that would work? It would probably be much easier to hide the cord. (The rope lighting has THICK white cords, xmas lights generally have thin, dark green wiring.) Would it be *safe*?

We got the strip LED lights and it was under 1000 for about 18 feet on upper cabs and two glass cabs on top- this included the labor. My GC found a great sale and jumped on it. I also installed AFTER the cabs were in and it was a more complicated install than you are facing. I don't know much about the puck lights but do know anything but LED lights do get hot.

The puck lighting system you chose cannot be controlled as is from a wall switch as the power supply is intended to be plugged into a standard wall outlet and the dimming is done via a rheostat. If you want to use that puck lighting system as described, you'd need to change the power supply to a dimmable ELV or MLV supply with the output voltage and current in the same range as the existing power supply. Then, you'd have to verify that the lights work as intended ... Alternatives - look @ offerings from superbrightleds.com, environmentallights.com and other websites that use either an electronic/ magnetic low voltage power supply.