Lighting under wall cabinets

[tochnia]

What lighting do you have installed under you garage wall cabinets?

If possible share some photos from your setup .

I'm wondering what is giving strong and uniform light without being too bulky.

- Some of cheap Chinese LED strips have too many bright spots and light is not uniform.
- Fluorescent tube lamps replaced with modern Philips LED tubes is giving me very good lighting in kitchen so may sit well in garage, but these things are bulky.
- Other option is Philips Hue LED Strips, but not sure if these will be bright enough

 

[glentre]

I advise against using the halogen round pucks. They burn out quickly.

Glen

 

[510ebl]

I use these in cool white, ordered in the lengths I need, daisy chained and plugged into a switched outlet.

Sunlite LFX/UC/46/14W/40K 14-watt 120-volt LED Linkable Under Cabinet Fixture with Plug, 46-Inch, White Finish

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TOV2F40/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Innovate1]

I used some LED strips. True, they have spots of light so if you have highly reflective surfaces or can see them directly you can see those. You can angle the strips back to minimize that. In the kitchen I used some small GE LED fixtures I got at Sams several years ago. Work well and good price but no longer available.

Some of them seem high priced for what you get. Would be great to find a good, low cost, simple under cabinet light. Wife was just asking about this today as one of our florescent lights went out.

 

[piker28]

I use some cheap LED Strips. For my use they are great. Had them in the kitchen as well before I moved

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DO75VC/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[rlitman]

I used some LED strips. True, they have spots of light so if you have highly reflective surfaces or can see them directly you can see those. You can angle the strips back to minimize that...

If you want to turn cheap LED strips into frosted covered light fixtures without the "spots", buy these covers:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073W9PCK3/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[66HertzClone]

I use the stick on roll of LEDs, the kit I bought included a remote. I glued them along the very out edge of the metal cabinets, the gap in the picture is the joint where an extension was added so the strip would run the full length of the overhead cabinets.

 

[Menifee Valley Speed Shop]

I just got a 4ft led fixture from Lowe's, its really bright and not as bulky as fluorescent types

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[tochnia]

I just got a 4ft led fixture from Lowe's, its really bright and not as bulky as fluorescent types

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So it will be Led fixture instead of led strip.

@Menifee - did you get exactly these ones:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-Wrap-Shop-Light-Common-4-ft-Actual-5-512-in-48-6-in/1000018099

or these:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-Strip-Shop-Light-Common-4-ft-Actual-2-5-in-47-in/999960109

As I like result of your lighting.

 

[Innovate1]

Where I used the LED strips I was able to put the wall wart power supply in the unfinished furnace room behind the wall so I had easy access to install the outlet and run wiring. I now have a spot I want to put a under cabinet light to replace an existing florescent fixture. Any ideas on how to run wire and where to put the wall wart? I could put the wall wart on top of the cabinet. The bigger issue is running the high voltage and finding a thin electrical box. If I could find a thin electrical box for under the cabinet I suppose I could run SO cord to the top of the cabinet and put a cord end receptacle on it. Would be much easier to find a line voltage fixture.
Would really like to find a thin box with receptacle the fits in the space under cabinets and doesn't hang too low.
May just get a direct wire LED fixture or try to find an LED 18" tube replacement.

 

[Jinks]

superbrightleds.com has about anything you need. I used their L.E.D. tape lights in the bar, my wife's art room, the kitchen, & the shop. Cabinets with a recessed bottom hide the lights just fine. On smooth bottom cabinets I painted a piece of quarter round, & pin nailed it to the bottom of the cabinet. Hides the lights & gives the cabinets some trim. I prefer the "soft white" in 3000/3500 K, but they have any temperature & color you like.

Took some pictures. First one is with just the light from the open door, second is with the L.E.D's on, & the third is with the L.E.D.'s & the overhead L.E.D.'s.

 

[kald]

Use under cabinet kitchen LEDs. Bought a kit on amazon and it was well worth the money. It comes with everything. It is a Litever 6 bar kit. Can't post link cause on phone. Like$50 ish.

 

[rockcrawler]

We just built a house and used Armacost Ribbon Flex Pro 60 LED strips in the kitchen. Make sure to get at least 60 leds per meter for good task lighting. We bought the dimmable power supplies, led strips and the power supply enclosures. These lights look great and put out bright, clear, even lighting. We had the strips mounted facing the wall instead of the counter to cut down on light reflecting off the counters.

 

[Menifee Valley Speed Shop]

So it will be Led fixture instead of led strip.



@Menifee - did you get exactly these ones:



https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-Wrap-Shop-Light-Common-4-ft-Actual-5-512-in-48-6-in/1000018099



or these:



https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-Strip-Shop-Light-Common-4-ft-Actual-2-5-in-47-in/999960109



As I like result of your lighting.

Thanks it was actually these

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[eastbaysubaru]

If you want to turn cheap LED strips into frosted covered light fixtures without the "spots", buy these covers:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073W9PCK3/?tag=atomicindus08-20

This plus the LED strip/roll is almost all you'll need. Just add a driver and solder that *****. Great stuff. I really prefer 4000K these days. Even 3000K seems to orange/soft. Converted the old fluorescent tube under-cabinet lighting to this setup and it's amazing.

-Brian