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Electrician here, install a outlet inside your cabinet right above your outlet. Just use a cut in box. That way you dont have the ugly cable showing. You could easily fish a wire straight up and into your cut in box. No wires showing. Just my 2 cents

This is an awesome video. I did this exact project about 10 yrs ago in my previous home. The products have upgraded a bit since then, so this is a great start for me doing it again in my current home. Thank you!

Tips from my last install: Put the LEDs 1-2" away from the front lip of the cabinet underside. Use the face frame edge to top the light juuuust before the counter edge and prevent the light from spilling over the counter onto the floor. This will prevent ugly shadow lines on the floor and cabinet fronts. Also by putting the LEDs on the front edge they will illuminate the fronts of objects on your counter and produce a softer illumination of the backsplash. It's also harder to see directly when crouched down. An angled track can also change the distribution of the light. I carved a notch out of the cabinet bottoms instead of a hole through their joints. This produces a seamless line and light when seen in the reflection of the counter. The COB "dotless" LED strips are 100% worth it especially seen in a shiny countertop reflection. Keeping the last LED from running right up against the wall on the end of a bank of cabinets also dulls the "hot spot" effect. I prefer to use the controllers that take a dimming 120V source as the dimmer control for the 12-24V output. This means a handsome dimmer-paddle switch (e.g. Lutron) is a one-touch control for all aspects of the light (except programming obv.).

Been wanting to add under cabinet light to my house for some time. Finally got around to working up the nerve to learn to solder and got the remainder of the items. Just recreated this in my kitchen and love how it turned out. Appreciate the great videos and tutorials. Keep up the good work. God Bless!

Thank you for this video. I just used your instructions and the equipment in your description to give my cabinets a beautiful face lift. I appreciated the help!

There's a lot of great information in this video. I'm going to replace some old florescent fixtures under my cabinets: this video definitely made my project easier.

Hey Chris, I'm based in UK and have been watching and following your channel for a while. I'm taking inspiration from you and will be doing my own room at home soon as I'm buying my first house. Thank you for showing us how easy this work is. And your links are a godsend haha So big up from Liverpool UK

this is exactly what I did the first thing after buying my house, it makes a huge difference. IMO every kitchen should come with this

I think by far the best video on LEDs for DIYers

I really love this channel!😍

It was a little flimsier than I expected. I had to add a 2x2 piece of wood to the bottom on the rear side in order to stabilize it better kzfaq.infoUgkxXTh-lz-8W6GcB219vTLp27-MxbZYObBX . It is also starting to bow a little at the outer wall ( I've had it up for about 6 months), I've already had a shelf tumble down because of the bow and the fact that the little shelf brackets are quite short. I went out to home depot and got some longer ones so that the shelves don't tumble down again. Overall, it looks very nice for the price and it holds a lot ( I use it as a pantry). I am very satisfied with my purchase. I just strongly suggest reinforcing it before putting it up.

for added effect i also ran the same lighting under the bottom cabinets in the kickboard space so you get a floor wash. Works really well. I concealed my power supplies on the top of my cabinets and ran the cabling behind the cabinets. You can use a fused spur to permanently wire in and get rid of the ugle black cable in your install. Works like a charm. Nice vid

Looks amazing! Excellent job!

I love LEDs and LED Projects and I am so happy I’ve found your channel ❤

Chris, thanks, for some good tips, and all the links help out too, It's nice to see people take pride in what they do.

Great video and filled with info that will save me hours of trials and errors -thank u!

Another great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Chris!

Excellent demonstration. I remodeled my kitchen three years ago and for the past, about 2-years, I been trying to get a great idea how I’m bridging everything and incorporating a possible dimmer/ Bluetooth etc. thanks for this because it answered every question!

Outstanding Job!!!! You kitchen looks amazing!!!!! I’ll be installing my lights soon (after new glass backsplash is installed) You really simplified things for me 😀

Well done sir. The under the cabinet lights are a huge improvement.

This is awesome! I need to replace our 19 year old halogen under cabinet lights and this is perfect. I really like the aluminum channel and diffuser.

Wow, everything came out so nice! Love your channel and how well explained your videos are!

Loved this!! Will definitely try this out!

Very clean and PROFESSIONAL install!

Great video Chris!

I was wondering when you’d do these. Love the video. I’m moving in a couple weeks, but renting.. So I can’t drill but I’ll definitely be doing some under cabinet lighting at the new place. 👍

I'm a couple minutes into the video but just had to come down here and say thank you. What a time to be alive with so much knowledge at our fingertips

Great, informative tutorial, thanks Chris!

Very, very excellent video ! Especially the links for the products you used. Thank you for making it.

Hi Chris, another top video and tutorial. Them WAGO'S can be a godsend can't they!. I hope you are all well 🇺🇸🇬🇧

I think I will add an outlet to the inside of my cabinets first:) thanks for the great Videos!

This is nice man! I know that dealing with cameras and whatnot while doing the work can be a bit annoying, so appreciate you taking the time to share! I hate to be that guy, but I gotta say it: it’s probably okay for the low voltage, but that “exposed” Wago in the cabinet coming straight from 120v can be super dangerous man. If someone pulls it either by hand or say a plate touches it just right, it could be bad bad news. Just get an electrical box, do the connection inside of it, put a cover plate, and call it the day. There are metal boxes in which you can screw to the back of the cabinet (make sure to use knockout connectors and ground the box if you go with the metal box). I’m not doing this to annoy you. It’s truly coming out of concern for you and whoever else is in your house. I’ve been swallowing your videos today. Really appreciate you! Sorry for the long comment.

Great looking installation, thank you for sharing!

Thank you for the video. I plan to source this project from an outlet that is inside a cabinet on top of my over the range microwave, can I add a switch before the dimmer assembly to turn led strip lights on / off and then use the dimmer to increase / decrease light intensity? If I can what switch with housing do you recommend?

Excellent videos!

Yet another awesome video, thank you :)

This is a very good job to show us

I'm gonna DO this!! Thanks!

I recently redid my kitchen., I considered a strip type that was action controlled. I did not want the lights to come on and off all the time as I have a dog that comes and goes in our kitchen at night. Instead, I used the stick-on tab lights and put them under my cabinets. They are connected to my electric light switch. These were inexpensive and work beautifully for us. Remove the protective paper and stick them to the bottom of the cabinet-easy/peasy!

Thank you for your video. It is excellent information and well done. What do you connect the ground wire to from the plug that goes inside the cabinet?

Thanks, Chris, great video. FYI any 120VAC connections/splices must be made in an approved box.

Can't wait to knock this one out. Only suggestion I can make is put a junction box in the cabinet and run some romex from the plug you used up into the cabinet. Then you don't need to cut all the connectors and all the wires are hidden inside. Great job, cheers!

Thank you for another great video

Great video tutorial!!

Thank you for sharing this! I did my own install a while back but the connector+LED combo I used has the lights flickering due to poor connections. I'm taking all your recommendations an ordering everything today, can't wait to see how it comes out!

lololol....something told me you had a video for under cabinet lighting! sweet!

Great job !

Well done, thanks for sharing

Great video. Thanks for the tips

I have a galley style kitchen with cabinets on either side that I would like to add under lighting to. You mentioned that I would be able to bridge the led’s with wire to extend them. Would I be able to use an extension of wire to go up into the ceiling and down to the other side of cabinets?

Once I buy a house I will probably rewatch all these videos again. Totally something I would do. I think I would have tried to find a flat plug so the plug isn't sticking out to much.

Do you have any feedback for these high density strips regarding heat and how heat affects their lifetime? I really like the idea of spotless lighting, whether by high density LEDS, diffusers, or a combination of the two, but am concerned about unneeded heat. Thanks.

Nice ideias ever... Great vídeo Bro.

Questions please: I have very small kitchen with small island. I have a wall switch that powers the old fluorescent lights (3) already wired with 14 AWG Romex in place. Assuming I can sort out all of the romex - can I pigtail off the DC side to run top of cab lights with the 18 gauge R/B silicone wire? I need to run R/B wire thru pantry maybe 10 ft of R/B wire added. Total of 30 feet of which 20 ft is strips. One power supply okay?

Great work chief, great explanation. Advice: next time install a outlet in one of the cabinets to plug in the lights. They also make single wago connectors to extend single wires, (splice)

That looks NNNIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCEEEEEE.

Hi, Chris! I really love your video! Just have one question, I have 2 windows in my kitchen between the cabinets. And I see you use one switch to control two separate sections of strips lights. How do you connect these two separate strips? How do you hide the wire when there is a window?

Great video!!

Hey Chris. Im currently trying this on my kitchen remodel and before i went ahead with the install i have a question. Im using the the FCOB COB CCT 24V Kit from your other video. My question is since this has three cables (white, yellow and red) how can these be connected with out soldering? and which cables should I buy for these? would you happen to have links for this items, I see the 4 pin connector for the cables but I'm not sure where to find the white, yellow, red cable. thanks for your time beforehand.

You are my hero

I have been considering doing this but I was going to use a diagonal/corner diffuser and mount it at the corner of the front of the cabinet, between the bottom of the cabinet and the front lip, so that it is completely hidden from sight and you should also avoid the strip being visible in the reflection on the countertops.

Well executed Impressive!

I went and bought the battery operated lights that have different colors with remote. Very pleased with them once I put energizer batteries int them.

Thanks for your inspiration! Until now I only used Govee LEDs, but now I will test out COB LEDs too. The LED density is much higher and easier to work with. Your voice is also very smooth to listen :D

Very smart!

Good job !

Hi Chris, First of all, I love you videos and tutorials. I was hoping that you could help me I did some under cabinet lightning using 24v COB LED strips 16ft in length with a 24v 45w power dimmer driver, pretty much the same you used or least the same brand. My issue is that the driver and the first strip connect to it gets super hot after about 30 mins of use. Is this normal or is there something I can do help with the high temperatures?

Thanks for your video, it was very helpful. Question: I have 12V AC coming out of the wall. Do you recommend a AC to DC converter for the 12V DC COB lights and if so, could you recommend a product.

Thanks!

Well done 🙏❤️

If you counter plug wire is dropped from the top you can just install a new plug inside the upper cabinet. Then you can just drop the wires straight out of the upper cabinet. Toe kick lighting would be pretty sweet too.

Since a lot of people have microwaves in this general area, I wonder if you can wire it to the outlet that uses instead or is that one for much higher voltage appliances?

enjoy and illuminate inside cabinets

Another option is to add in a new outlet hidden at the top above the cabinets for power. Should be really easy to fish tape Romex and use a new work box and have everything truly hidden.

Very nice job & you gave a great presentation of it. I would have done few things differently, but it's a nice DIY. One suggestion if I might add is to just use the flexible LED strip lighting with 3M self adhesive backing. When I remodeled our kitchen 8 years ago that's what I used. I stuck the strips to the inside edge of the front lip of our cabinets which puts the lights completely out of sight and the light strips point toward the backsplash instead of the countertop. They still light the entire countertop and there are no shadows on the counters or the backsplash. We have glossy quarts countertops & there are no reflections from the lights at all. Since I did a complete kitchen remodel, I rewired the entire room at that time & added 8 circuits. This allowed me to add 2 switched outlets inside my cabinets so I have the 2 power supplies & dimmers inside the cabinets & out of sight. Then all I had to do was drill holes down through the outside corners to feed my light strips. Just like @frederf3227 mentioned, I also cut a notch in the cabinet bottoms in order to run my strip lights straight through from one cabinet to the next with no splicing. Our cabinet lights run 24-7 except when we leave home for more than a day or two. They have been lit almost continually since March of 2015 and still look like the day I installed them.

Thank you for the informational video! Is the aluminum strip necessary for the led strip? Or can I skip the aluminum strip?

@Chris - Would you do an updated version of this tutorial with the newer LED strips available for Govee or Aqara?

Can you suggest an adapter for 32ft lights? The one which you mentioned is getting extremely hot in a couple of hours.

Looks good! I think I’m going to do most of the install like that but add an ALEKSA capable plug so I can voice control dim level. I’m lazy. LOL

Make another outlet behind the cabinet , to get rid of plug

Would I be able to run two 12ft lines off one power and dimmer??

Looks great, but keeps tripping my breaker 😢 Do I need a different power supply? Plugging in just above the microwave and keep lossing my lights, then different nearby kitchen outlets and still loose lights... Also my channels did not have the same memory as the ones in the video (very bendable)

Well done.

Question would those clips work for RGB strips too?

Nice 👌🏽

Do you think it would be safe to split it at the input to the switch to a motion as well?

Love the video! Great info and presentation. One question: Can the black and red wires be ran through insulated walls to connect the lights or would you recommend something else? Thanks again!

I would have used a right angle white power cord for the outlet but thanks for the video. I would love under cabinet lights myself.

Great job…

Thanks for the great videos - Im having trouble sorting out several of the materials i need to order- When I go to amazon there are both 12 and 24 volt transformers- from my car LED work we always use 12V -, so which one? Also when I go to the link you provided for the COB strips- many options for lighting- did you use the natural white strip? and once again 12 or 24V?

I did this with low profile led puck lights 10 years ago. The only difference was the hard wire into the transformer. What I did was buy a outlet and switch combo. Fish a small wire behind the wall where the plug is and run it into the cabinet above. added a junction box and tied it into the transformer. Now the light is controled by a switch and you still have 1 outlet remaining. Now with the motion switch it's much better you wont need a outlet switch combo anymore.

Great video. I am in the construction phase and have had an electrician run 14/3 to each under cabinet location. I did't know what kind of lights i would be using when they ran the wires. how would you connect the 14/3 to the COB lights you have shown? i believe each 14/3 will be coming out in the middle of the cabinet rather than to one side.

Great video. Question: You show connecting two light strips. Is there a Wago-type connector to connect three light strips (basically a "T" connector)? I am trying to connect three light strips mounted vertically with the top strip connecting to the power. I see how I can connect bottom to middle or middle to top but I need the middle to accept power from the top and send power to the bottom. Help?

I only bought one under cabinet light from IKEA and placed it on top of the fridge facing up and it still makes a huge difference for our kitchen. But if I decide to buy more to place under the cabinets the command strips are going to be my only option as I live in a rental and can’t make holes on the cabinets.

At 2:25 when you inserted the red and black wires into the clip you didn't strip them. Is this right?

The problem with the low profile stripping is you can see the tracks if you are sitting down at your dining table and the bare lights are not too attractive. I prefer to use angle strips which provide a more finished look and hide the lights as well as connections better.

Hey Chris, Great video! I am doing a similar setup, just wondering if you had ideas about different brightness from the same strip? I would like a bright 5000k to 6000k for a "working" space and a warm 2700k for ambient light. I also have 3 seperate "house" lines of power operated from one switch. I'm assumeing I need 3 seperate power ac-dc converters? As far as dimming goes, can I use 1 wifi dimmer switch "in wall"?

Excellent

Hi Chris , I found your chanel couple days and love all your videos. In this video you are using a very bulky dimmer. Can I ask why you dont use led touch swich/ dimmer 12/24 V that you can hide inside aluminium profile?