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So I should find what height I want the shelves at, get them to whack a plug socket in just above it, and run the wire through from the top of the shelf, then stick it to the bottom of the shelf or route it into a channel? How do you turn them on and off easily though? Plug will be a pain to get to, no?
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Apologies in advance for hijacking your question, but:
What's the best LED strip product out there for this exact purpose? Ideally dimmable, continuous diode strips, and ~2700K colour temperature with a high CRI...
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Ideally you want them wired into a dimmer on the lighting circuit not plugged into a socket.
You could do a kinetic switch with a wireless receiver if wiring it conventionally is a pain. I would at least aim to have it plugged in in a cupboard with the wire (extra low voltage) buried in the wall. ELV would be 12 or 24v.
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Ideally you’d have the driver wired to a switch and hidden out of site (mine are on top of the wall units but you could put them under the floor cabinets if you’re not having wall one) and the. Run low voltage cables to the strips. Low voltage cable is much thinner and easier to hide/chase
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This is what you need. We have several sets in our kitchen, you dont need fancy switches and new wiring, a product exists to do the job. The Enteenly LED strip runs off a plug with a thin wire, you can resize the light strip length cut shorter or daisy chain together to make longer, change intensity and colour all by remote control. Cheap and easy as chips.
We got our from Lidl, apologies for the Bezos link:
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The ones I have (no idea what unfortunately as they were here when we moved in) have a motion operated switch so you just wave your hand and they turn on.
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@Sparky this is definitely the neatest option. If you do it go for continuous strip led as it’s a much nicer and more even light than the strips with spaced LEDs.