The wife decided that she wants LED under-cabinet lighting under
the four cabinets. I've found the fixtures and power supply online,
but the interconnecting wiring has me confused. I've found various
lengths cables with molded connectors (outrageously priced), but
what I want to do is buy wire and connectors and make them up
myself because a couple of the runs are long, and I don't want to
have to drill holes big enough to pass a connector through.

Are these special connectors? Are they available on line? What gauge
wire do I need to use?

Thanks in advance for any information.

JAS

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"John Simpson" wrote in
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The wife decided that she wants LED under-cabinet lighting under
the four cabinets. I've found the fixtures and power supply online,
but the interconnecting wiring has me confused. I've found various
lengths cables with molded connectors (outrageously priced), but
what I want to do is buy wire and connectors and make them up
myself because a couple of the runs are long, and I don't want to
have to drill holes big enough to pass a connector through.

Are these special connectors? Are they available on line? What gauge
wire do I need to use?

Thanks in advance for any information.

JAS
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I'm looking for LED undercabinet lights as well. What was it you found?
More info may help with your question, too!

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Best regards
Han
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On Feb 16, 10:32*am, "John Simpson"
wrote:
The wife decided that she wants LED under-cabinet lighting under
the four cabinets. I've found the fixtures and power supply online,
but the interconnecting wiring has me confused. I've found various
lengths cables with molded connectors (outrageously priced), but
what I want to do is buy wire and connectors and make them up
myself because a couple of the runs are long, and I don't want to
have to drill holes big enough to pass a connector through.

Are these special connectors? Are they available on line? What gauge
wire do I need to use?

Thanks in advance for *any information.

JAS

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Depending on power supply, that will determine the wiring requirement.
I wire up my own
using Cree warm white led's. I can't stand bluish, which most are.

Here are some components for wiring cabinets. Buying your own you need
to know the specs first.
I would not even use connectors. There are a zillion types.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...ni_tubes. htm

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"John Simpson" wrote in
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The wife decided that she wants LED under-cabinet lighting under
the four cabinets. I've found the fixtures and power supply online,
but the interconnecting wiring has me confused. I've found various
lengths cables with molded connectors (outrageously priced), but
what I want to do is buy wire and connectors and make them up
myself because a couple of the runs are long, and I don't want to
have to drill holes big enough to pass a connector through.

Are these special connectors? Are they available on line? What gauge
wire do I need to use?

Thanks in advance for any information.

JAS
snip

I'm looking for LED undercabinet lights as well. What was it you found?
More info may help with your question, too!

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Best regards
Han
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Google is your friend! LED under-cabinet lighting



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On Feb 16, 10:32 am, "John Simpson"
wrote:
The wife decided that she wants LED under-cabinet lighting under
the four cabinets. I've found the fixtures and power supply online,
but the interconnecting wiring has me confused. I've found various
lengths cables with molded connectors (outrageously priced), but
what I want to do is buy wire and connectors and make them up
myself because a couple of the runs are long, and I don't want to
have to drill holes big enough to pass a connector through.

Are these special connectors? Are they available on line? What gauge
wire do I need to use?

Thanks in advance for any information.

JAS

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Depending on power supply, that will determine the wiring requirement.
I wire up my own
using Cree warm white led's. I can't stand bluish, which most are.

Here are some components for wiring cabinets. Buying your own you need
to know the specs first.
I would not even use connectors. There are a zillion types.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...ni_tubes. htm


Thanks. I did run across that site in my travels. The prices are
reasonable, too.
JAS



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On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:41:32 -0500, "John Simpson"
wrote:

Depending on power supply, that will determine the wiring requirement.
I wire up my own
using Cree warm white led's. I can't stand bluish, which most are.

Here are some components for wiring cabinets. Buying your own you need
to know the specs first.
I would not even use connectors. There are a zillion types.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...ni_tubes. htm


Thanks. I did run across that site in my travels. The prices are
reasonable, too.
JAS

You get what you pay for. I am not familiar with that product, but
for less than $10 I wouldn't expect much. I installed several of the
Direct Wire units from Kichler and am very happy with them. It will
cost a lot more than the above lights.

http://www.kichler.com/consumer.port...=products_page

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:25:52 -0600, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:41:32 -0500, "John Simpson"
wrote:

Depending on power supply, that will determine the wiring requirement.
I wire up my own
using Cree warm white led's. I can't stand bluish, which most are.

Here are some components for wiring cabinets. Buying your own you need
to know the specs first.
I would not even use connectors. There are a zillion types.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...ni_tubes. htm


Thanks. I did run across that site in my travels. The prices are
reasonable, too.
JAS

You get what you pay for. I am not familiar with that product, but
for less than $10 I wouldn't expect much. I installed several of the
Direct Wire units from Kichler and am very happy with them. It will
cost a lot more than the above lights.



Oops, bad link. Try this one:

http://www.kichler.com/consumer/sear...eSearch/search

On 2/16/2011 7:32 AM, John Simpson wrote:
The wife decided that she wants LED under-cabinet lighting under
the four cabinets. I've found the fixtures and power supply online,
but the interconnecting wiring has me confused. I've found various
lengths cables with molded connectors (outrageously priced), but
what I want to do is buy wire and connectors and make them up
myself because a couple of the runs are long, and I don't want to
have to drill holes big enough to pass a connector through.

Are these special connectors? Are they available on line? What gauge
wire do I need to use?

I would not use connectors.

Buy LED light strips from dealextreme, i.e.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/12v-30-led-light-strip-50cm-white-11306
and just solder all the connections.

"John Simpson" wrote in message
...
The wife decided that she wants LED under-cabinet lighting under
the four cabinets. I've found the fixtures and power supply online,
but the interconnecting wiring has me confused. I've found various
lengths cables with molded connectors (outrageously priced), but
what I want to do is buy wire and connectors and make them up
myself because a couple of the runs are long, and I don't want to
have to drill holes big enough to pass a connector through.

Are these special connectors? Are they available on line? What gauge
wire do I need to use?

Thanks in advance for any information.

JAS

Thanks to some of the replies, I think my light has finally come on! What
I didn't realize was that some brands of fixtures can be direct wired
without having to use connectors. That certainly solves the problem.

Thanks!

JAS



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Han wrote:

I'm looking for LED undercabinet lights as well. What was it you
found? More info may help with your question, too!

Consider a few free HF flashlights. Hacksaw off the heads glue the heads
into a 1x2 having suitable sized holes.

Solder the lights to the leads of a 4.5vdc wall-wart. Mount the whole
shebang under the cabinets.

The trick is to getting them to turn off and on. I didn't have a clapper, so
I climbed into the attic and tapped into the overhead lighting with wires
leading to an outlet mounted high on the wall under the cabinets. I then
used my imprinting device to concoct a "SWITCHED" sign to put on the outlet.

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On 2/16/2011 7:32 AM, John Simpson wrote:
The wife decided that she wants LED under-cabinet lighting under
the four cabinets. I've found the fixtures and power supply online,
but the interconnecting wiring has me confused. I've found various
lengths cables with molded connectors (outrageously priced), but
what I want to do is buy wire and connectors and make them up
myself because a couple of the runs are long, and I don't want to
have to drill holes big enough to pass a connector through.

Are these special connectors? Are they available on line? What gauge
wire do I need to use?

I would not use connectors.

Buy LED light strips from dealextreme, i.e.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/12v-30-led-light-strip-50cm-white-11306 and
just solder all the connections.


Would it be acceptable to remove existing connectors from the
fixtures and hard wire them?



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