Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Under-cabinet lighting 7Jan 26, 2011 9:56 pm grinder Besides if anyone has downlights switched for more than 10 minutes then that person should consider changing the lighting system in the kitchen. Thanks for that grinder. Does the same Apply if I use cfl or LED lamps? Re: Under-cabinet lighting 8Feb 03, 2011 9:30 pm Hmm im in the middle of making the same decision. We want to have 4 built into our overhead cupboards I thought LEDs were cooler temperature wise then halogen but i dont know anywhere i can find slimline LED lights for this purpose.. Maybe my sparkie can help Re: Under-cabinet lighting 9Feb 03, 2011 10:15 pm DawnDrifter Hmm im in the middle of making the same decision. We want to have 4 built into our overhead cupboards I thought LEDs were cooler temperature wise then halogen but i dont know anywhere i can find slimline LED lights for this purpose.. Maybe my sparkie can help Try Ikea.com.au/lighting. I was looking at them yesterday. A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands. Melbourne West Our build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34169 Landscaping viewtopic.php?f=19&t=51147 Re: Under-cabinet lighting 10Feb 03, 2011 11:04 pm DawnDrifter Hmm im in the middle of making the same decision. We want to have 4 built into our overhead cupboards I thought LEDs were cooler temperature wise then halogen but i dont know anywhere i can find slimline LED lights for this purpose.. Maybe my sparkie can help I suggest using a search engine to search on LED strip light. There are ultrathin products available from within Australia and overseas. You can buy components and clip them together. See this post, and despite its title, follow the posts by zx9 and how he/she changed from looking for under cabinet fluoros to buying and install LEDs. This post also has examples and photos. Re: Under-cabinet lighting 11Feb 04, 2011 1:13 am I'm just about to install some led lights in my pantry cupboard. I got one of the following for each shelf. these seem to be plenty bright enough for a 1.5 meter wide pantry and are using less than 200 milliwatts each strip. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/smd-12-led ... -12v-10293 and also the following for power. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ac-to-dc-1 ... 240v-15992 http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15992 The plan is to add in a circuit that switches it off if the door is not closed within 5 minutes so will make up a circuit for that myself, but there should be some off the shelf timers around. Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1. optional, you can but normally just use the earth from the main switch board 2. should be enough but the distance determines voltage drop - sparky should work it… 1 28845 I have a really long hallway which is 1100mm W x 11500mm L I would appreciate if anyone can give suggestions to light it up with Linear LED lights that goes from wall to… 0 8844 |