I searched for LED undercabinet lighting that I could hardwire to a
switch. But they're all plug in at the retail box stores. Can I cut
the wire and do it that way..

Anyone using LED now and do you like them.?

On Jan 28, 5:57*pm, in2dadark wrote:
I searched for LED undercabinet lighting that I could hardwire to a
switch. But they're all plug in at the retail box stores. Can I cut
the wire and do it that way..

Anyone using LED now and do you like them.?

From what ive seen stick with Flouescent, you get great colpr cheap.
The leds dont offer this or a real energy savings or a cost savings/

On Jan 28, 6:57*pm, in2dadark wrote:
I searched for LED undercabinet lighting that I could hardwire to a
switch. But they're all plug in at the retail box stores. Can I cut
the wire and do it that way..

Anyone using LED now and do you like them.?


No, you can not cut the wire off a corded appliance and hardwire
it in, the wire on the cord is not rated to be used inside walls...

You would have to install an outlet controlled by the switch you
want to use to turn the lights on and off at each location where
you would want to have one of the under cabinet lights located...

~~ Evan

What I have done with corded undercabinet lighting is either put a
switched outlet inside the cabinet, or if there is a space above the
cabinet I install it above where you can't see it.
Then I place the light under the cabinet, run the cord to the outside
corner, come up inside the cabinet tucked inside where it can't be
seen, then to the outlet.

Here are some pics of what I did in my kitchen.

https://picasaweb.google.com/mikeroc...eat=directlink

in2dadark wrote:
I searched for LED undercabinet lighting that I could hardwire to a
switch. But they're all plug in at the retail box stores. Can I cut
the wire and do it that way..

Anyone using LED now and do you like them.?

I'm not using them yet, but I've cut the heads of three HF free flashlights
with a view of installing them in an aluminum rail with a 3.5v power supply.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

On Jan 28, 11:29*pm, Mikepier wrote:
What I have done with corded undercabinet lighting is either put a
switched outlet inside the cabinet, or if there is a space above the
cabinet I install it above where you can't see it.
Then I place the light under the cabinet, run the cord to the outside
corner, *come up inside the cabinet tucked inside where it can't be
seen, then to the outlet.

Here are some pics of what I did in my kitchen.

https://picasaweb.google.com/mikeroc...hting?feat=dir....

Is that low voltage in the Romex? Mine works off of a wall-wart
transformer and I used lamp cord for the low voltage wiring. When the
wall-wart finally smoked I replaced it with a power supply used for
musical instrument effects, a much better power supply.

Jimmie

"in2dadark" wrote in message
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I searched for LED undercabinet lighting that I could hardwire to a
switch. But they're all plug in at the retail box stores. Can I cut
the wire and do it that way..

Anyone using LED now and do you like them.?

I have several strings in the house I built my MIL. Then came from an
electrician friend of mine who got them on the job. The transformer is
about as big as a shoe box, and the lights are a string of white plastic
lights that are snapped together so one can make the string any length. It
is hooked up to a dimmer. MIL loves them, they hide well, can be turned
down for a very lovely soft light, or up to give quite a bit of light, and
so far, none has gone out, and it's going on three years. We put the
transformer in a remote cabinet, so I am not sure of the brand. But they
are the absolute best that a very large international hotel chain could
afford. For me, they were free....................

Steve

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"ransley" wrote in message
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On Jan 28, 5:57 pm, in2dadark wrote:
I searched for LED undercabinet lighting that I could hardwire to a
switch. But they're all plug in at the retail box stores. Can I cut
the wire and do it that way..

Anyone using LED now and do you like them.?

From what ive seen stick with Flouescent, you get great colpr cheap.
The leds dont offer this or a real energy savings or a cost savings/

But they have a quality of light 100x better than those freight train
headlight fluorescents. Plus, they are dimmable.

Steve

Heart surgery pending?
Read up and prepare.
Learn how to care for a friend.
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

"Mikepier" wrote in message
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What I have done with corded undercabinet lighting is either put a
switched outlet inside the cabinet, or if there is a space above the
cabinet I install it above where you can't see it.
Then I place the light under the cabinet, run the cord to the outside
corner, come up inside the cabinet tucked inside where it can't be
seen, then to the outlet.

Here are some pics of what I did in my kitchen.

https://picasaweb.google.com/mikeroc...eat=directlink

Hardwire it so you see NOTHING.

Steve

On Jan 29, 12:53*pm, JIMMIE wrote:
On Jan 28, 11:29*pm, Mikepier wrote:

What I have done with corded undercabinet lighting is either put a
switched outlet inside the cabinet, or if there is a space above the
cabinet I install it above where you can't see it.
Then I place the light under the cabinet, run the cord to the outside
corner, *come up inside the cabinet tucked inside where it can't be
seen, then to the outlet.

Here are some pics of what I did in my kitchen.

https://picasaweb.google.com/mikeroc...hting?feat=dir....

Is that low voltage in the Romex? Mine works off of a wall-wart
transformer and I used lamp cord for the low voltage wiring. When the
wall-wart finally smoked I replaced it with a power supply used for
musical instrument effects, a much better power supply.

Jimmie

Those hockey pucks in the pics are 120V. The zip cords run up inside
the cabinet, out the top and plugs into a switched outlet I installed.

On Jan 29, 12:55*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
"ransley" wrote in message

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On Jan 28, 5:57 pm, in2dadark wrote:

I searched for LED undercabinet lighting that I could hardwire to a
switch. But they're all plug in at the retail box stores. Can I cut
the wire and do it that way..

Anyone using LED now and do you like them.?

From what ive seen stick with Flouescent, you get great colpr cheap.
The leds dont offer this or a real energy savings or a cost savings/

But they have a quality of light 100x better than those freight train
headlight fluorescents. *Plus, they are dimmable.

Steve

Heart surgery pending?
Read up and prepare.
Learn how to care for a friend.http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

I had florescents in there and threw them out. Now I've got capped
wires hanging waiting on me. They're wired to a switch and under the
cabinet. I guess I'll do what suggested and put a socket there out of
sight and plug in. Or maybe I'll try incandescents. That would be
radical and so against the governments' plan.

On Jan 29, 8:07*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
in2dadark wrote:
I searched for LED undercabinet lighting that I could hardwire to a
switch. But they're all plug in at the retail box stores. Can I cut
the wire and do it that way..

Anyone using LED now and do you like them.?

I'm not using them yet, but I've cut the heads of three HF free flashlights
with a view of installing them in an aluminum rail with a 3.5v power supply.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Interesting. I've never known what to do with all those free
flashlight coupons I've been getting from harbor freight. Now I
might.. :0)