Kitchen Led Plinth And Under Cupboard Lighting

[phleb]

I want to have under cupboard lights in my kitchen, but my electrician seems to be a bit puzzled over the whole thing. I had cupboards on both sides of my kitchen and a gas cooker in between them. I want lights to be under the cupboards and on the bottom of the floor cupboards also. I need to cut them and take them to the other side past the cooker. What do I need to buy to do this? I bought a kit, but he said he didn't know how to work with it. I wanted multi-coloured lights with the remote, and today have taken them back coz he made it sound so complicated. He told me a few days ago I could get lights for £12 which would be a single colour (I want blue)and he can fit them, today he tells me they are £28 a kit and I would need 3 kits. I am livid as I have had this kitchen upside down for a month now and people just keep complicating things. Please advise me which kit to buy that would work and where to get it from?

[bhg481]

I think I'd start by getting a new electrician.

[B00]

you will need three, he's correct, one each for the ones at either side of your cooker and one for the top cupboards.

There's nothing to fit, as they have glue dots and you just stick them to the underside of the cupboards, easily done yourself and in under 10 minutes too.

[turboped]

I do think you need a new electrician that can give you some sound advice on product availability. You might be able to get away with 2 setse for under unit and the other for plinth. The snag is that there needs to be one feed for each set and there is a break in between for the cooker. This is easier if the lights are individual and a little more tricky with product selection if you want LED strips. Some strips come with one length that can be cut to required lengths with to terminate at either end so when you cut it you have two workable strips. If for example you buy a 3M length and require 2 x 1 meter the middle meter will have no method of connection unless you are an expert with a soldering iron. As far as I know they come in 36W or 72W and I would always choose 72W as you will have a dimming option on the remote. Remember that these are 12V and the current drawn is higher on 12V. Current = Watts divided by Volts. This is relevant when having to add cable allowing for the cooker.

[Zacs-Master]

Blue lights will make your food look rather strange. Just a thought.