For our undercabinet lights we installed strip LEDs from LED Lights Canada. We had looked originally for off the shelf options from the likes of Rona and Home Depot but weren't satisfied with the light output. LED Lights Canada has these ones custom made for them. The result: 400 lumens per metre on 10 watts.
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| Custom cut LED strip for smallest cabinet |
Installation was a breeze and the light quality and brightness is excellent. We also had friends comment on how cool they run compared to their halogen lights. You can run them all day and they will be only slightly warm to the touch so they don't heat up all your food being stored in the cabinet above.Our only issue is that I had anticipated having off-the-shelf lights which would plug in. So I wired one switch controlling three outlets. The strips we did buy have no built in driver. LEDs use 12V power not 120V (which is why they work so well for battery powered flashlights). So when hooking into your home power they need the power converted using a driver. Replacement LED bulbs have that driver built in. These didn't. It is not a big deal, it just means that you need to buy a separate driver or in this case because of how I wired things up ... three drivers which pushed the price up.
I also need to give huge props to Harvey Hoffman (LED Lights Canada's owner/president) for the excellent customer service. Sent him a long winded email and I got an immediate phone call with him walking me through the easiest and cheapest way to do my set up. He custom cut all the strips to fit my cabinets and when I couldn't find the mounting clips with my order (I probably threw them out with the packaging) he mailed new ones the next day no questions asked.
Excellent product, excellent service, hopefully this Edmonton based company will do well. I take the fact that they are sold out of the cabinet strips until next week's shipment as a positive sign of their success.
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