120V puck lights, direct wire, no cord

[jaylectricity]

Customer has purchased three different lights to mount inside the cabinet on the ceiling. I had to reject all three. There is no room above the cabinet for a receptacle and/or transformer plus it will be enclosed by crown molding.

I just want a single light that has enclosed terminals (serving as a junction box) where the cable can come in through the top of the cabinet to be wired, then the light can be screwed onto the ceiling of the cabinet covering the hole.

Could swear I've seen these, but can't figure out what search terms to use. Every time I see something close there is no indication as to exactly how it is wired.

 

[LEO2854]

Customer has purchased three different lights to mount inside the cabinet on the ceiling. I had to reject all three. There is no room above the cabinet for a receptacle and/or transformer plus it will be enclosed by crown molding.

I just want a single light that has enclosed terminals (serving as a junction box) where the cable can come in through the top of the cabinet to be wired, then the light can be screwed onto the ceiling of the cabinet covering the hole.

Could swear I've seen these, but can't figure out what search terms to use. Every time I see something close there is no indication as to exactly how it is wired.

These are 120 volts...:thumbsup:

 

[jaylectricity]

These are 120 volts...:thumbsup:

Yeah, but they're cord and plug. I need to wire them directly.

 

[tsloan]

this might be more than you want to get into but... I installed new cabinets in my kitchen and ran into the same issue. I had an extra cabinet peice laying around so i made a new cabinet top. mounted the lights and wiring to existing top and drilled holes for the fixtures in the new top. slipped the new top over the fixtures, spaced it down an inch or so and whala. looks great and all wiring is concealed.( no splices of course) so mount the lights and tell h/o to have a carpenter do it

 

[SceneryDriver]

I've mounted the power supply in the basement under the kitchen and run CL2 in-wall-rated wiring up to the pucks. Make the circuit that feeds the power supply switched from somewhere in the kitchen, and you're all set. We do stuff like this all the time for window displays and other weird stuff we find ourselves building for the event and entertainment industries.


SceneryDriver

 

[jaylectricity]

I ended up using a mini-recessed light from Blue Box.



Just had to chip a bit of the ceiling out above the cabinet to make it fit. Will be hidden behind crown molding.

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[Dennis Alwon]

I do not wire pucks anymore because there is never a good way to install them. Use a led uc light or use led tape.

 

[jaylectricity]

I do not wire pucks anymore because there is never a good way to install them. Use a led uc light or use led tape.

I feel like every time somebody wants undercabinet lights or in-cabinet lights they never know what they want when I'm doing the rough wiring.

I suppose it's my fault, I should tell them what to buy before I wire it.