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Under Cabinet LED Lighting ..... Ideas On How To Add Variation And Design To Your Kitchen.

Under cabinet LED lighting is a great way to lighten up any kitchen. A set of LED recessed illumination can cheer up and display your counter tops. It had been a major undertaking to try and install under cabinet LED lighting but luckily there are accessories available now that make it easy. There are a few ways to do the job so stay with me for a few under cabinet LED lighting How-To ideas.

When installing under cabinet LED lighting you have few options available. You can go with either a small direct spot light or full extent recessed fluorescent tubes. Both offer a stylish look to highlight the kitchen. It just boils down to personal choice.

For the sake of convenience let's look at setting up a set of lights that doesn't need to be hardwired back to your main circuit panel.

The first step is to go down to the hardware store and choose an under cabinet LED lighting tool kit.

As soon as you've picked out the perfect light for your kitchen, installation is a breeze.

Compute the total length of your shelves. This will determine how many lights you need. A good guideline is to apply 1 spot light every 18 inches.

Start the first device far enough from the end of the shelves to permit equal spacing of all the lights.

Use a few small finish nails to tack the LED lights to the base of the cabinets. Make sure the nail is short enough that it won't protrude fully through the base of the cabinet.

Continue tacking lights up until you reach the end of the string.

Put an inline splice to the under cabinet lighting wires as close as possible to an electrical wall plug. The cabinet lighting box should have this included in it.

Now splice the power switch of the lighting into this wire. Cut down any excess line and connect up an electrical plug to the end of the wire.

Next use a staple gun to staple up the wiring. Be careful to center the cord in the staple to prevent cutting into the wire. If the wire is too long to lay flush in plain line between the lights you can snake it along the bottom of the cabinet. Since the wires and lights are unseen it doesn't matter how the wiring is run, you can't see it.

The final step is to finish work on the lights. Working through the light string, pop bulbs into the sockets making sure they're tight. After all the lights are fitted simply snap on the nice outside covers and that's it, you're done!

Hook up the LED lights and flick the switch. Keep your head under the counter making sure that all the LED lights come on.

These handful of under cabinet LED lighting How-To ideas can help assist in the installation of distinctive kitchen lighting system. There are numerous alternatives, all you need to do is spend a little time trying to find just the right one that works best for your kitchen.