Whats your Idea for Installing Under Cabinet Lighting?

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stickboy1375 said:
That looks pretty nice! Time to remove the VCR's though...
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I want to know what that thing is 4th from the top... Looks like some sort of biaxial rotary motor...
 
Actually, there is only one VCR in that stack. From top to bottom, here's what you're looking at:

Line doubler/tripler/quadrupler for non-hi-def video sources
DirecTV dual-tuner/TiVo, since replaced with a hi-def model
Pioneer clock and timer with a timer-controlled receptacle
Pioneer bi-directional cassette deck w/ dbx noise-reduction
B&K Dolby digital/DTS surround processor w/ AM/FM tuner
Sony Pro-logic decoder used to derive rear-center channel
Pioneer DVD player, since replaced with a 300-DVD changer
Pioneer laser-disc player with Dolby digital and DTS outputs
Sharp hi-fi-stereo VCR, only connected for playback, not record
Miscellaneous devices (AC-3 demodulator, auto-switcher, etc)
Sunfire Stereo amp w/ 300w/channel x 2, for main speakers
Sunfire Cinema Grand amp w/ 200w/ch x 5 for ctr, sides, rears

The offer is open any time if anyone wants to drop by and watch a movie or concert.
 
LarryFine said:
Actually, there is only one VCR in that stack. From top to bottom, here's what you're looking at:

Line doubler/tripler/quadrupler for non-hi-def video sources
DirecTV dual-tuner/TiVo, since replaced with a hi-def model
Pioneer clock and timer with a timer-controlled receptacle
Pioneer bi-directional cassette deck w/ dbx noise-reduction
B&K Dolby digital/DTS surround processor w/ AM/FM tuner
Sony Pro-logic decoder used to derive rear-center channel
Pioneer DVD player, since replaced with a 300-DVD changer
Pioneer laser-disc player with Dolby digital and DTS outputs
Sharp hi-fi-stereo VCR, only connected for playback, not record
Miscellaneous devices (AC-3 demodulator, auto-switcher, etc)
Sunfire Stereo amp w/ 300w/channel x 2, for main speakers
Sunfire Cinema Grand amp w/ 200w/ch x 5 for ctr, sides, rears

The offer is open any time if anyone wants to drop by and watch a movie or concert.
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What size screen we talking about? I have a 57" at the moment... and I LOVE HD!!!
 
LarryFine said:
We 'real' home-theater people measure our screens in feet, not inches! :wink:

It's about 8.5' wide, about 5' tall (dep. on aspect ratio), and about 10' diag.
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I just went back and saw your image, very nice... Is Monster's INC your favorite? :)
 
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LarryFine said:
Actually, there is only one VCR in that stack. From top to bottom, here's what you're looking at:
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OK... now the obvious questions.... How many circuits on all that? Are they AFCIs? :grin:
 
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Get a WAC lighting catalogue they are nice and the hot lights are enclosed in a fixture to absorb some heat. Real nice real nice.
 
quogueelectric said:
Get a WAC lighting catalogue they are nice and the hot lights are enclosed in a fixture to absorb some heat. Real nice real nice.
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Like these?

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tallguy said:
OK... now the obvious questions.... How many circuits on all that? Are they AFCIs? :grin:
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The obvious answer: look at the images on my system page again. I ran a 50a 120/240v sub-panel feeder on 6/3 NM, into a 4-space/8-circuit GE panel. I used the GE panel because the guts are off-set to one corner of the box, making room for the contactor. What contactor, you ask?

I placed a 4-pole 25a contactor inside the panel so the processor's 12v trigger output can activate the switched crcuits, although not directly. The current available is only 15ma, so I have that energize a reed relay, which energizes a 10a cube relay, which energizes the contatctor.

The circuits are all 15a, none are GFCI or AFCI protected, and are as follows:

1. Future lighting
2. Future lighting
3. Unswitched electronics
4. Switched electronics
5. Projector receptacle
6. Sub-woofer amps
7. 2-channel amp
8. 5-channel amp

Circuits 4, 6, 7, and 8 are the switched circuits.
 
cschmid said:
larry do you have a fan system to keep the componets cool? And the real question is how many remotes????
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No, there is not enough eat generated to require cooling fans. Sunfire amps do not generate heat.

As for rermotes, just one (aside from the projector): Harmony! (I have the others, just don't need 'em.)
 
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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Mine isn't; the far end which you can no longer get to has a lot of nice clear space.

And one of these days I am going to make a path to get there.:grin:
 
electricmanscott said:
If I see under cabinet lighting called undercounter lighting one more time I am going to scratch my eyeballs out. :grin:

I am not joking about this.
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Undercounter lighting is quite attractive in some cases.:grin:
 
There are three ways to go about this:


Puck lights with a single transformer. Then you can dimm all of the lights together. Low voltage requirements are more lax then high voltage requirements as far as wire concelement. Low voltage lights are extremely reliable if you do not touch the halogen light bulbs or use newer led light bulbs.

Stub out bx at 3/4" above the bottom cabinet height. This means that you have to plan with the cabinet guy as far as the height goes. (Oh no, you must plan out your life and use a tape measure!) Then one can install Flourscent or under counter lights.

Rope Lights, low voltage or high voltage, rope lights can be a nice additive. Not so much task lights, but more decorative lights. Plan, Plan Plan is the key to sucessfull under cabinet lights!

Have Fun!
 
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