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Under-cabinet and cabinet-base lighting

11 years ago

I found a great post on this forum about a string of lights, almost like Christmas tree lights, that several GW-ers recommended. I can't find that darn post. Beekeepers wife, I think you may have mentioned it. Can someone point me to the post or tell me the name of the lights and company? I'm hoping I wont need a transformer. Thank you kindly!

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ginny20
11 years ago
Do you mean the Seagull Linear LED lights? They are lots of little lights in a row, sort of like Christmas lights. You can see them on the Seagull website.
berardmr
Original Author
11 years ago
Yes, that's it, thanks! Are these the "lights of choice" these days? It's been years since I remodeled and I'm not up on lighting.
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beekeeperswife
11 years ago
We had Seagull xenon lights in last house. This time we are going with Maxim Starstrand. They are LED lights on a tape. Pretty flat, stay cool. Today's LEDs are much warmer in color than when we did the last kitchen. I did not want a blue glow under the cabinets or in them. They are pretty close in price these days to the Seagull too. The tape lights are coming down in price all the time.

Here is a link that might be useful: Maxim Starstrand
ginny20
11 years ago
They are popular, but not the lights of choice for everyone. I wanted the tape kind of lights, but pucks can create a lovely effect. And as bee says, LED has come a long way.

Environmental Lighting is another company with varieties of LED UCL.

Have you checked out the Lighting Forum? There's a lot of discussion there about UCL.

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