source for recessed low voltage led spotlights

[jim mills]

To use for under cabinet lighting. Dimmable, and I need technical advice as well. TIA

[Jamie Buxton]

You might look at LED tapes for undercabinet lighting. Lee Valley sells the stuff, and has a fair amount of background info too. http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?cat=3,70322&p=70323 Read the pdf called Getting Started Guide linked from that page.

[Bradley Gray]

try outwater.com

[Max Neu]

Wurth /Baer supply,Menards has them if you want to go local.

[William C Rogers]

Make sure you understand dimable for what you select. I thought you could just use a dimable light switch with mine. I should have known better. Also if you have a lighting store, visit as there are many varieties of "light" that can be emitted. You may buy elsewhere, but you can educate you on all the variations. They should have displays set up.

[Curt Harms]

To use for under cabinet lighting. Dimmable, and I need technical advice as well. TIA

Spots/Floods vs. tape lights depends on what effect you want. If you want uninterrupted light the tape lights are very good. If you want 'pools' of light which can also be attractive then lamps. I did our undercounter lighting when dimmable LEDs were just becoming available. There wasn't much choice in dimmers and what was available was bulky and didn't work for our purposes. I did a bit of research and bought rolled LED tapes from Amazon. For dimming I used wire wound 100 ohm resistors from Radio Shack. I also used a single pole double throw center off switch from Radio Shack. When the switch is in one position power is going directly from the 12 volt power supply to the lights. When the switch is in the other position power is going through the resistors then to the lights. The resistors create the dimming effect. We've had this setup for a few years now and so far so good. It's not as power efficient as something like PWM dimming but LEDs use so little electricity compared to incandescent or halogen lights that I didn't worry about warming resistors.

[jim mills]

Outwater.com! thanks!
These cabinets have removable flush bottoms, and I think recessed spot lights will look/work the best. I want to mount one power supply in the basement below the kitchen & run Low voltage wiring up to the lighting in the kitchen. This requires the lights to be wired in a series, and not all lights can be done this way.

[Peter Kelly]

Pucks: http://outwatermastercatalog.com/lg_display.cfm/page/R-68/catalog/2016_Master_Catalog
Strips: http://outwatermastercatalog.com/lg_display.cfm/page/R-35/catalog/2016_Master_Catalog

The pucks are nice as they don't need mortising. There are other LED tape lights out there but the above ones come with a lens for diffusing.

[jim mills]

Thanks! Some claim to be dimmable, others dont say. I hope they have good customer support. I will call Monday.

[Patrick Curry]

To use for under cabinet lighting. Dimmable, and I need technical advice as well. TIA

I had some projects going that required quantity orders of different types of lighting, some LED. Spent some time searching for lowest prices. For the LED lights I want to say superbrightleds.com was where I purchased. Might be worth checking out

[cody michael]

Check out banggood.com and aliexpress.com I have ordered leds from them, they take a few weeks to come in but great prices. Straight from China

[jim mills]

Outwater.com has a good selection of lighting, but offers no technical support. They cant even tell me which ones are dimmable! My local supplier offers Hera led lighting, but $$$$$$....wow. Don't think I need to spend a couple grand on under cabinet lighting.