On Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:42:22 PM UTC+1, John Stumbles wrote:
I just picked up one of LiDL's current offer LED under-cabinet lights for

£10: got the 7W output one, and it's brilliantly bright and very light

(weight). Haven't found a use for it yet but it may find its way onto the

van as a work light, as an alternative to the rather bulky 2D tasklight

(with some hooks, magnets and/or velcro straps attached to hold it onto

things).



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I got 5 of those to put under kitchen cabinets in runs of 3 and 2. I didn't realise the brighter version was not linkable like the lower powered version.
But it turns out they fit into the corners better, and I only needed at most 2 in a cabinet run after all, so I'll have to use an extra little junction box which is a pain. However, the extra cable will run behind the corner brackets, which reduces the pain. The 7W has surface mounted LED "elements" whereas the 5W is some type of non-replaceable "tube" of LEDs.
Simon.