ConcealingUndermount lighting in Kitchen
I am presently installing new kitchen and have wired for wall switched low voltage undermount halogen lighting. The problem is that the wall electrical boxes I have installed beneath the cabinets that house the 15 amp feed wires and the mini transformers are visible when seated. Any suggestions for concealing the boxes other than a covering plate?
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Having trouble visualizing your setup.
The high voltage outlets can be installed in the back of the lower cabinets, or in the basement. Then the low voltage wires from the transformer can be run up through the wall, or otherwise concealed.
The high voltage box itself can be switched, or mini switches can be installed near the lights switching the low voltage.
What's the exact set up?
we usually mount the boxes up high ... either above the cabs or in an upper corner ... or .... hidden somewhere else ... my electrician can always make the transformer cord longer ... sometimes the "plug" ends up mounted down in a lower cab ....
then run the cord ... tacked inside the upper cab ...
down to the lights.
Sometimes the lights themselves hang down lower than the typical 3/4 inch bottom rail ... that's why cab's with undercab lighting are usually spec'd for under cabinet moulding ... aka ... light rail.
if the countertop is a reflective stone ... and puck lights are to be used ...
I like to also skin the bottom of the cabs.
No ugly wire reflections can show on the countertop.
If I read your post right ... U have full sized JBoxes hanging down under the cabs ...
me ... I'd pop the cabs ... move the boxes on into the cabs ... and do it right.
How much do you have to hide.
Other possibility is to rip your own "cabinet bottom extensions" ... and drop the bottom of the box lower. If they're not to low ... maybe regular light rail will hide it?
Simply put .... add some wood to the bottom of the cab ... either plain or fancy.
Like adding crown at the top.
if all the wires show ... get some more of the 1/4" cab sheet stock and skin the now open bottom.
I may have a "before light rail" and "after light rail" picture.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
The usual trick is to put a false bottom in the cabinet, raising the bottom shelf an inch or two.
well that'd look funny thru some glass doors!
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
Heck, it looks funny without the doors. I said "usual", not "best".