As I posted in a different thread, I ended up buying LED under cabinet lights at Lowes because I'm having an electrical problem with the circuit that feeds my built-in lights. I'm so glad we did this I'll probably only resolve my circuit problem just to make sure I don't have a short circuit, but the new lights are so superior to the old ones that we won't be taking them down.
The fixtures are very similar in appearance to the fluorescent under cabinet lights that most of us have bought one time or another over the past several decades. These are thinner and do not show behind the lip of the cabinet. They come in different lengths and can be wired together so they use a single switch. When packaged the fixtures bear a nondescript brand name, but when I unwrapped them they say Kitchler on the back, which is a major fixture manufacturer.
These are the most impressive LED lights I have yet seen. The color temperature is white, not blue. They are extremely bright compared with what the built-in lights provided. We have a 10" and an 18" fixture which together draw about 13 watts. Using a 5 to 1 ratio compared to incandescent bulbs, this would be the equivalent of about 65 watts and I would definitely believe it. On the days when our built-in fixtures decide to work, their light output seems downright puny when compared to these.
In summary, I may buy LED bulbs to replace the halogens and use them as nightlights. Now that my DW has experienced these bright task lights, she's never going to want to give them up. |