under cabinet kitchen lighting

Reasonably priced under counter lights are ones you may not like. LED light are a bit pricey but nice.

I got these for my hutch in my office. they're awesome and reasonable.

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If you are going to do enough of them though you can just buy the tape and a power kit and make them yourself.

This is what I use almost exclusively. I've installed hundreds upon hundreds of these in many $million$ homes. I've never had a complaint. I usually get about $75 for it (not including installation)

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This is what I use almost exclusively

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I've done a couple flips with these too. Very simple and easy. low profile, clean light, nothing more to ask for..

edit:::i think lowesdepot has a cheaper version which I've been using. same dimensions and color.

Is there anyway to retro fit any of these lights to existing homes that aren't hard wired? How do you power them?

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Is there anyway to retro fit any of these lights to existing homes that aren't hard wired? How do you power them?

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they are 12vdc so you just need a 120vac to 12vdc converter. you probably have 10 of them laying around your house, but they are cheap anyway.

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im about to try these

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I have used the strip lights for a bunch of things already, and they work great. But i would find one that comes with a remote and has the waterproof coating.

This set makes for some cool backlighting that allows remote control and multiple colors, but the white in it is a little blue so probably not the best for under cabinet.

Any those cheap chinese tape strips on Amazon work great. Have used them in several applications.

I'd stick with the whites instead of RGBs like Diat posted for ease of use if you just want under cabinet lighting. You may want to go with a warm white though instead of pure white to get less of a intense bright blue white color.

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Be careful how you daisy chain, they usually only daisy chain out one full roll on the cheap stuff. Manufacturer dependent...