Todd.Brock
Well-known member
Hey all,
I have a question about repurposing 14 ga romex for 12v. In my kitchen I remodeled last year, I put a separate switch for undercabinet and upper cabinet lights with glasss doors. I ran romex from the switched location to a bank of cabinets, then from that bank of cabinets to the next and so on. . I ended up with a jbox with duplex receptacle and then a plug in (wall wart) driver at each bank of cabinets. It hangs down, the cord falls, it looks bad. I thought about getting a driver for each bank that can service as a junction box for the outgoing romex but they are about 60 bucks each. Not what I was looking for price wise x4. So, my thought is, can I use the existing A/C wiring from the dedicated switch to power the 12v lights from one larger driver ? I am running about a total of 18 [email protected] per ft, and 2 puck lights at 3w each. So 33 watts. Could I use a larger 40w or 50w to over come the length of romext going from one cabinet to the next? This would clean up under the counters and not require 120/gfi, j boxes, wall warts, etc. I estimate there is about 50-65 ft of romex in total from beginning to end.
I have a question about repurposing 14 ga romex for 12v. In my kitchen I remodeled last year, I put a separate switch for undercabinet and upper cabinet lights with glasss doors. I ran romex from the switched location to a bank of cabinets, then from that bank of cabinets to the next and so on. . I ended up with a jbox with duplex receptacle and then a plug in (wall wart) driver at each bank of cabinets. It hangs down, the cord falls, it looks bad. I thought about getting a driver for each bank that can service as a junction box for the outgoing romex but they are about 60 bucks each. Not what I was looking for price wise x4. So, my thought is, can I use the existing A/C wiring from the dedicated switch to power the 12v lights from one larger driver ? I am running about a total of 18 [email protected] per ft, and 2 puck lights at 3w each. So 33 watts. Could I use a larger 40w or 50w to over come the length of romext going from one cabinet to the next? This would clean up under the counters and not require 120/gfi, j boxes, wall warts, etc. I estimate there is about 50-65 ft of romex in total from beginning to end.
