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Anybody found a hardwired under kitchen cabinet LED wiring system they like.

Want it hardwired to a wall switch, no batteries or wall plugs.

I installed some 24” Progress lighting under cabinets LED strips. They were 24” and color selectable

I wish I had thought of this when I was doing my build last year...

No batteries or wall plugs? Where are you getting power from?

Do you already have a switch n place for this or a switched outlet you are planning on using?

On our under cabinet lights, I used the microwave outlet (a standard duplex outlet) with a “smart plug” to connect the led strip’s power adapter (a little wall wart). Just ran the low voltage wires to each side from there. We leave the switch that came with the leds on and set to the brightness we want all the time. I can use the phone app or tell Alexa to turn the lights on via the smart plug. I think they make “switches” or buttons that are smart that could turn the smart plug on and off too, we just didn’t need that.

I did something similar. I got power for one side of the kitchen from the microwave plug , the other side the vent hood. No wires are visible .

Assuming we are talking about a low voltage led light, I’d use an outlet on that switch and plug the transformer into that. Hiding the low voltage wires inside the cabinets is pretty easy. Getting the outlet hidden and out of the way is the tricky part.

As for the light itself, I used a strip of lights and put them in an aluminum channel with a diffuser. You can cut the strips every half inch or so, if I remember right. Works great.

Amazon is full of the led tape strips, some come with the transformer and a dimmer switch.

Superbrightleds.com has tons of options too.

Here’s what I used in our kitchen.

Dimmable LED Light Strip... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076RR19B7?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I’ve done several other led projects since then and a led cob strip is something I might use if I did this again today. Using a cob strip might eliminate the diffuser since it’s a pretty uniform stretch of light. You can see the underneath of our cabinets from a couple of angles, so the diffuser hides everything nicely.

Keep in mind the color of the light so you don’t end up with something harsh or conflicting with the other lights in the space.

Me too, got mine at lowes. Dimmable and stick under the cabinets. Been working for 2-3 years.

I’m currently finishing our cabinets in the new house. I planned for under cabinet LED lights from day one. I’m getting everything from Amazon.

If the Sheetrock isn’t up run a separate 14/2 from the switch box to each section of cabinet. That will make it a lot easier to connect the light.

So if you have to cut these because the microwave is in the middle of your cabinets, how does the other side hook up to power?

https://www.homedepot.com/p/5-Light-Plug-In-LED-White-Puck-Light-Kit-22335NKIT-WH/314731295

I installed the above found at HD last week. I had the electrician leave some stub out wires that run to a switch in the kitchen. The lights put out a good bit of light and I hid the cords with the supplied little nail in clips, and I also got some stick on things and tie wraps. I cut off the supplied plug and switch and wired that directly into the wall stub wire. In the past I used the microwave plug and ran the two wires down the inside of the cabinet and drilled a hole out of the bottom. Since I didnt have a wall switch I used a remote like they have out now for Christmas lights. You can even get one that comes with one remote and multiple controllers for locations around the room.

I went up , inside the wall cabinet and tucked the wire in the back corner, running it over to the second string of lights. Wire is hid up in the cabinet behind the vent hood. Used small P clamps and zip ties , very neat and nothing shows.

These are great for some installs . I used one in a bathroom project a few months ago.
https://leviton.com/products/5225-w

When I did mine they had short sections of wire without lights where you could skip areas, but yeah the wires still have to go from one side to the other. Not perfect but I love walking into the kitchen with some very low light every morning. I’m sure Amazon is full of cool lights now.

Similar to 2Dogs, found a hidden path to the other side. I was able to tuck the wire behind the microwave. Second choice was up and through the cabinet above the microwave.

Thanks