Simple Under Cabinet Puck Light Installation
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Installing dimmable LED puck lights under multiple cabinets and running off a single switch. Crawlspace junction box and drywall repair. You can do this!
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Brilliant! Thank you. I had an electrician come do small electrical jobs in my kitchen and he couldn't figure out how to change the old hockey puck lights to the new one led ones and make it look neat. I watched your video, ordered the small junction boxes and in a hour changed 5 of them. I used a dremel to cut the notches in the plastic boxes worked like a charm. Thank you for saving me hiring another electrician. Now might add dimmer these leds are very bright. Thanks again!
Sounds like you have some nice upgrades ... good to hear!
Nice professional job! I wish you lived close by. Thanks, Forney, TX.
Thanks for checking it out ... wish I was down in TX myself! :)
Always like how you go in detail
Thanks man!
that is a cool, clean kitchen! I need one like that!
Haha ... someday!
Nice work.
Thanks man
Nice install
thanks for checking it out!
Great work. In Chicago we have to use conduits. And that means I have to cut open way more drywall.
Woah, that’s intense. Jacketed line is one thing ...
Just watched your video. Nice great idea with the work boxes. I did use your Idea.
Cool! Yeah, I really like them :) Thanks for commenting
Great job!
Definitely inspired me to do the same.
By the way you can probably find a small junction box on mcmaster.
McMaster has just about everything and more ... I'm sure you're right about the box. Good luck with it!
GREAT video! I'm actually redoing my kitchen and replacing my old puck lights. I didn't know you could snip the plug and make them hardwired. I checked out the ones you mentioned, but hate 2700k. I can't find 4000 - 6000k hardwired (No transformer) pucks ANYWHERE!
Yeah, it's hard to find the exact light quality you like .... I tend to think that dimmed, the 2700k bulbs aren't too bad, but some people notice their color a lot more. Anyway: thanks for checking it out!
This was my exact question: how to snip the puck light wire to make it hardwired? Can I use regular scissors for this?
Great video. What did you do with the ground wire running from the power source to the puck? It looked like there were only two wires from the provided cable you cut. Thanks
Typically I'll use the ground wire to ground the metal junction box, if there is one. With plastic boxes and only two wires to the lights, I typically just terminate the ground wire
Nice video
Thanks!!
I like it. Things are a lot different between you in the Midwest and me in New England
Yeah, I used to live in Boston and know what you mean. This country of ours is like a lot of small nations all jammed together. Anyway: thanks for checking out the video!
Fine looking job. Would you please list a source for the surface mounted conduit? Thanks
I see it at all the major hardware stores in the US in the electric section. Don’t have a name sorry
Awesome video
I’m planing on doing similar way but no cuts in dry wall just drill what you did than fish everything down. I don’t think it’s necessary to cut out that big hole in dry wall
You could also cut hole in bottom cabinet and fish up 👍🏻
Yes, that should work ad sounds good. Just be patient. Very cool
Looks like the they are 14/2 wire. When do you use 12/2 and 14/2?
Check a wiring chart but basically 14/2 is just for lights
Are lights 120 volt? transformer needed to 12 volt? ground wire?
yep 120. need a transformer for the 12v system
What were the brand of puck lights.
I don't recall... got them at my local hardware store
Can you please provide the model number for these lights thank you 😊
Here's a link ... any puck light will work pretty much www.menards.com/main/lighting-ceiling-fans/indoor-lighting/under-cabinet-lighting/patriot-lighting-reg-led-metal-plug-in-under-cabinet-puck-light/0026-0010/p-1465526284675-c-7490.htm?tid=5528418817464348873&ipos=13
@@metaspencer thank you 😊
Just curious as to how much a job like this would cost a homeowner looks like alot of work
I’m remembering it was under $1k but I can’t exactly remember. It was part of a larger lighting job
I tried this and could not get lights to come on. ???
Well, sounds like you need to do some trouble shooting: test for power, test the lights independently, then see where you're at
All lights brand new. All worked when plugged in before cutting cord in video. Wall switch has power so really not sure why it's not working.
@@williamstegall9241 you could try reversing the wires where you spliced them. They could need the hot lead to go into the light on the other wire
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happy 2020!
Good to know that those don't need a transformer. That's the reason I haven't installed under cabinet lights.
Yeah the transformer is cumbersome
Nice 👍 LG von #proofwood
Thanks!
I feel like you could have dropped your wires down into the crawl and avoided the drywall repairs. Like if there was a tile backsplash. I have done it and it's not too bad.
That would be a great way to go -- but framing kept blocking my fish tape. Avoiding drywall repairs is always ideal.
@@metaspencer Yes, framing can be a real pain in the butt. I assumed you couldn't, but thought I would add it for others. Nice job though, you definitely have a nice set of skills. Keep up the good work and well done videos.
I’m figuring this out for myself now too. One way I have looked at is pulling the stove. Then you can cut a larger panel out and drill through the studs and replace with a steel cover or just screw a large piece of drywall back on, but not much stress getting it too look real nice. Also suggest cardboard on the counter. The cheap al mg cast drills these days mark up easy.
So, battery powered, remote controlled, cheesy, stick on, rainbow strip lights it is! Thanks.
Go for it! fast and easy
It’s strange, it seems to me that there were a lot of holes in the ceilings in this kitchen. I must have dreamt...
Haha ... you must be seeing things:)
Why did the one puck light went in in an angle? You just have measured and drilled it incorrectly. But great job in explaining things.
Stud in the wall but wanted to center the puck
Why in the world did you cut the lamp wire to use that little J box? If you're cutting the drywall and using that raceway, why didn't you just join the lamp wire to the romex in the wall? Could even have mounted a box in the wall for the connection if you were worried about it, would have been so much cleaner...
Woah, bury a junction and/or junction box in the wall? that's a code violation, man ... there is one UL rated junction device out there that I know of, but they're hard to come by
@@metaspencer Thank you for pointing out the code issue. I had a recent renovation where my electrician did the same thing Mr. nuff'said suggested. Catastrophe. It is a lazy man's solution to a common problem. Unfortunately you see on RUclips too many amateurs claiming to know how to do some things that are in fact potentially deadly.
This doesnt look simple at all lol
Yeah you're right -- easiest way to do it these days is with a stick-on, battery powered motion detector light. Takes about 2 seconds to install
Looks really nice though 👍