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| Remove the knockout from the transformer case and install a
connector designed for armored cable. Slip the wires into place and tighten the set screw. |
Set the transformer in position inside the cabinet and make the next batch of electrical connections inside the transformer: green to green, white to white, and black to black. Again, twist wire nuts over these connections and push them inside the box. |
To run the low voltage wires to the first row of lights, drill quarter-inch holes through the cabinet shelves to feed the wire from the transformer to the underside of the cabinet, where the lights will go. |
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| These small plastic cable holders offer a simple and effective way to secure the wires while avoiding the risk of damage. |
The light fixtures themselves will be held in place with metal brackets that screw into the underside of the cabinets. |
Once everything's in place, the lights just snap into the brackets. |
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| This is a modular lighting system. Low voltage wires plug into the end of each fixture. Short pigtails quickly connect one unit to the next. |
To connect the cabinets on one side of the kitchen window to those on the other side, the low-voltage wires will run from the last light on the side farthest from the transformer, back up into the cabinets. |
Holes are drilled through each shelf and up through the top of the cabinets, where the wires will be fed through and across the windowframe. |
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| The wires are then pulled tight across the windowframe and fed through holes drilled in a back corner of the cabinets closest to the window, all the way down through to the base of the cabinets. |
Now, simply put up more brackets, snap in the light fixtures, and plug in the low-voltage wires. |
A plastic raceway conceals the wire running across the molding above the kitchen window. Clean the top of the molding and a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the bottom of the raceway will hold it in place. The wire is then pushed through a slot in the side.
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| The low voltage wires carrying power to the light fixtures need to be connected to the low voltage output from the transformer. It's this reduction in current from a potentially dangerous 120 volts to only 12 that makes this system so safe and easy to work with. |
These lights are dimmable and extremely long lasting. In fact, if left burning for 10 hours a day, 365 days a year, they would last for more than 15 years before they needed to be replaced! |
The result provides light where it's needed, and can be dimmed or switched off anytime. Find out more about these lights from Albeo Technologies. |
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