Whats your Idea for Installing Under Cabinet Lighting?

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I know the conversation has moved past this point, but I too like the NSL xenon strip lights. I install them on line voltage dimmers.

I also like the looks of the brushed nickel fixture when the appliances are stainless steel. I install stainless wallplates. :cool:
 
iwire said:
LOL.....no.

Thats what I get for posting while running out the door.

I was trying to go for this one.

314.17(B)......the need for a connection to the box.

Larry....are the conductors in the box line volt or low volt?
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You might have one there, but the NM is stapled right behind the drywall, I used split tubing as a grommet, and the EGC is bonded to the box back plane with a grounding screw (with no slack), so it's not going anywhere, and the lamp cord is hot-glued to the cabinet bottom, protected by the aforementioned split tubing, and knotted inside the box.

The lights in question are 120v units. The lights came in 3-packs, with field-installed 2-prong plugs (unused), and each 'kit' came with a touch-control box with three receptacles. With the layout of the cabinets, and 1, 2, or 3 lights per, depending on size, there was no way to use the instructed method of wiring them, plus they were bought during trim.

In other words, the things were intended to be entirely plugged-in lights. I didn't pick them or buy them. I showed the instructions to the inspector, and went over the aplicable (or so I thought) code sections about lighting, wiring, exposed/concealed, etc. He called his boss out, I went over it all again, gave him a few minutes, and they agreed to pass it.





Are there Wiremold-box NM cable clamps??? ;)
 
tallguy said:
Pegasus is who I used in the puck light post above, and I am happy with them so far (6 months in). They are definitely higher quality than what you would get at an orange/blue store.
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Oops... spoke too soon. One of them is on the fritz!!

Stay away from the pucks.
 
Under Cabinet lighting

Under Cabinet lighting

I'm in process of planning / installing 8 under cabinet puck lights into new cabinets. Using WAC HR-86 (20 w xenon). They will be fully recessed into a hole in a false bottom of the cabinet. 12 Volts class 2 electronic transformer ...three of them (60 watt capacity each)
www.waclighting.com

120v line from unfinished basement to appropriate dimmer switch, back down to basement to the three transformers (direct wire). ... 12 Ga low voltage wiring (thhn ??) from transformer up thru wall exiting blindly in-between the two bottoms of the cabinet, to be pulled thru the pre-drilled hole for the puck light during cabinet install. (NO exposed wiring)

Puck light to be wire nutted to the wire pulled through and then all wiring and wire nuts stuffed back inbetween false bottoms and puck light snapped into hole. .... easy to service if required.
No junction boxes on low voltage side ...easy to service light or wire nuts if required.

Seems to met all codes (on secondary side) since it is class 2.

Might be a solution for a few of the posts here ... Can do without false bottom and have exposed wiring and even surface mount.

I'm not sure about reliability ...have not actually had one of these in use ..but looked ok to me.

Comments ??
 
peter d said:
It's this space under our homes that we Northeasterners have. ;)
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I am not sure it is correct to call it a 'space'.

That leads to the conclusion that it not full to the ceiling with household junk. :D
 
iwire said:
That leads to the conclusion that it not full to the ceiling with household junk. :D
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Very true. Ok, in theory it's supposed to be space, in the real world that never happens.

Of course, your basement might be a lot worse than others. ;) :D
 
iwire said:
I am not sure it is correct to call it a 'space'.

That leads to the conclusion that it not full to the ceiling with household junk. :D
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Not to mention mold, vermin, and so on...
 
Heres my basement...


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Would worry so much about violating the NEC with "Puck" lights so much a clear violation of the UL listing (if any) when installed in its various but popular ways. Most are listed as furniture display lighting. IMO in many situations they are a fire waiting to happen.
 
And a screenshot:

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Note the 2' spacing of the ceiling grid. Picture is about 10' diag.
 
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