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Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas

by Ron <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dec 17, 2007 at 07:52 PM

Folks -

I'm redoing my kitchen and I want to add undercabinet lighting (which I 
don't have right now). It needs to be able to be controlled by X-10 (or 
otherwise via my HomeVision automation system. I'd like the lights to be 
dimmable, so I can include them in scenes.

Here's my problem:
1) the most popular undercabinet lights - florescent - don't dim, and 
are potential X-10 noise sources (at least that's my somewhat dated 
understanding).

2) 12v Halogens don't dim well, I believe, and ar probably hot.

3) 120v xenon lights DO dim, but they are HOT. I bought one to try out 
in my old kitchen and the inside of the kitchen cabinet gets really hot 
(not just a little warm). I wouldn't want to put anything sensitive to 
heat in the cabinets if I used these. That pretty much rules them out too.

4) The LED lighting I've seen so far is not bright enough for task 
lighting need in the kitchen; but then again, I haven't seen too many of 
these yet.

Not sure what options I have left? Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Ron
 




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Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
Ron <nospam@[EMAIL PRO  2007-12-17 19:52:30 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"D" <d@[EMAI  2007-12-17 21:48:11 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
Ron <nospam@[EMAIL PRO  2007-12-19 20:40:34 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
Ron <nospam@[EMAIL PRO  2007-12-21 16:38:48 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"Robert L Bass"  2007-12-21 23:33:50 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"D&SW" <  2007-12-22 22:10:26 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
Ron <nospam@[EMAIL PRO  2007-12-23 16:15:35 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"John J. Bengii"  2007-12-23 17:11:29 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"Robert L Bass"  2007-12-24 00:25:30 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
Ron <nospam@[EMAIL PRO  2007-12-23 00:38:04 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"John J. Bengii"  2007-12-23 01:04:46 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"Robert L Bass"  2007-12-23 06:27:36 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
Ron <nospam@[EMAIL PRO  2007-12-23 16:19:33 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"Robert L Bass"  2007-12-24 00:20:24 
Re: Need kitchen undercabinet dimmable light ideas
"John J. Bengii"  2007-12-21 18:48:03 

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