Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Electrical question - Under cabinet LED strip, double GP 2Aug 12, 2023 7:21 pm You would normally run power from the central switch to a socket that sits above or concealed in the cabinetry that the driver plugs into. Then the tail from your LED runs back to the driver. Just make sure it's in an accessible place. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Electrical question - Under cabinet LED strip, double GP 3Aug 15, 2023 10:36 am chippy You would normally run power from the central switch to a socket that sits above or concealed in the cabinetry that the driver plugs into. Then the tail from your LED runs back to the driver. Just make sure it's in an accessible place. Thank you chippy Appreciate it. Just to understand your point. Is the below what you mean? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks! Re: Electrical question - Under cabinet LED strip, double GP 4Aug 15, 2023 11:54 am Jstan chippy You would normally run power from the central switch to a socket that sits above or concealed in the cabinetry that the driver plugs into. Then the tail from your LED runs back to the driver. Just make sure it's in an accessible place. Thank you chippy Appreciate it. Just to understand your point. Is the below what you mean? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks! This is what I did. When building I got a GPO put in top of an overhead cabinet. A couple years later I added the LED strip running above splashback and drilled small hole up into cabinet to connect to GPO. The hole is hidden by the LED channel. Looks professional and can replace parts in event of fault. I also added a smart wifi outlet so it comes on with timer/smart phone control. Your sparky should be able to add a GPO to cabinet feeding off the existing GPO below. Re: Electrical question - Under cabinet LED strip, double GP 5Aug 15, 2023 12:17 pm Jstan chippy You would normally run power from the central switch to a socket that sits above or concealed in the cabinetry that the driver plugs into. Then the tail from your LED runs back to the driver. Just make sure it's in an accessible place. Thank you chippy Appreciate it. Just to understand your point. Is the below what you mean? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks! Yep, that's what we normally do. The tails from the LED strips are only small so it's easy to run them through small rebates. Try to put the socket in a spot that is accessible should you need to get to it at some point. We would normally put the socket and driver in a bulkhead with access panel or in the rangehood cabinet (if you have an undermount) behind the duct panel. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Electrical question - Under cabinet LED strip, double GP 6Oct 09, 2023 12:20 pm chippy Jstan chippy You would normally run power from the central switch to a socket that sits above or concealed in the cabinetry that the driver plugs into. Then the tail from your LED runs back to the driver. Just make sure it's in an accessible place. Thank you chippy Appreciate it. Just to understand your point. Is the below what you mean? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks! Yep, that's what we normally do. The tails from the LED strips are only small so it's easy to run them through small rebates. Try to put the socket in a spot that is accessible should you need to get to it at some point. We would normally put the socket and driver in a bulkhead with access panel or in the rangehood cabinet (if you have an undermount) behind the duct panel. Hi chippy Thank so much for explaining, been busy with the house move and now will get to the small projects. Makes sense. Have a nice day! Cheers Re: Electrical question - Under cabinet LED strip, double GP 7Oct 09, 2023 12:27 pm Alternatively, you can just put together a 220V provision and then wire driver directly to it. Why to pay for extra outlet? You would still need to have a light switch in place in the above configuration somewhere on the wall. Re: Electrical question - Under cabinet LED strip, double GP 8Oct 09, 2023 1:20 pm alexp79 Alternatively, you can just put together a 220V provision and then wire driver directly to it. Why to pay for extra outlet? You would still need to have a light switch in place in the above configuration somewhere on the wall. Most drivers come with a plug and lead already attached. It's easier for the sparky to do the prelay and terminate it with a socket, then the cabinet maker can simply plug everything in when they install and test it as they go. There's no need for the sparky to come back and wire the driver after the cabinet install. The sockets only cost a few dollars which is cheaper than a callback for the sparky to hardwire the driver. All the LED's are designed to be a simple low voltage plug and play install without having to get a sparky to hardwire. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Electrical question - Under cabinet LED strip, double GP 9Oct 09, 2023 1:29 pm chippy alexp79 Alternatively, you can just put together a 220V provision and then wire driver directly to it. Why to pay for extra outlet? You would still need to have a light switch in place in the above configuration somewhere on the wall. Most drivers come with a plug and lead already attached. It's easier for the sparky to do the prelay and terminate it with a socket, then the cabinet maker can simply plug everything in when they install and test it as they go. There's no need for the sparky to come back and wire the driver after the cabinet install. The sockets only cost a few dollars which is cheaper than a callback for the sparky to hardwire the driver. All the LED's are designed to be a simple low voltage plug and play install without having to get a sparky to hardwire. Yes, makes sense this way. Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone has switched from a small square tile insert or normal square waste to a strip drain at all, and if so did the plumber or diy-er… 0 13403 Must be labour only. One of those how long is a piece of wire questions. 4 4290 |