Illuminate your kitchen with cabinet lights

MAUREEN AZUH

Article is on lights that can brighten dark areas in the kitchen

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etting adequate lighting in the kitchen is often a challenge; no matter how bright the general light is, some areas will remain dark. One of such spots in the kitchen is the cabinet. Ironically, no one cooks successfully without ‘visiting’ the cabinet several times.

Although coming up with properly focused spot lighting on some preferred work areas can lead to an expensive venture, there are also effective and low cost ways to illuminate key work areas in the kitchen such as the cabinet.

The Under Cabinet Pivoting LED Spotlight, for instance, offers a unique as well as affordable way of achieving this. The swivel and adjust gadget according to mintgadget.com, throws a bright wash of light in any direction. The four LED lamp heads rotate a full 360º and pivot from side to side 30º, providing a flexible lighting solution that enables the user to direct light over specific favourite work areas including the cabinet.

Each individual LED light consists of a high output one watt LED lamp that illuminates more than a typical LED. And like most other LED technology, there is the much lower heat output. The light remains cool to the touch even after it has been running for a long period of time, making it easy for one to reach up and adjust the lights, and change the projection angle at any time without fear or worry of burning oneself on a scorching hot lamp or light bulb.

It comes with two adjustable levels of light output while the lamps last up to 100,000 hours.  Multiple LED light units can be connected while only requiring one of them to be plugged into a power outlet. This makes it easy and convenient to mount the LED spotlights under a kitchen cabinet and plug the array into a suitable power source.

Kichler under cabinet light on the other hand, comes with a bronze finish, light bulb and offers one of the most versatile cabinets lighting available. Amazon.com reports that it features an innovative solution for adding task or special effect lighting above counters, desktops, or other work surfaces.

It can be installed with direct wiring of individual fixtures or interconnect cable and wiring module to connect a series of fixtures. It equally offers a user the option of either a back of wall mounting or front-mount design with a “Hi-Low, On/Off switch”.

Another counter-illuminating light device is Maxim Lighting 87883WT CounterMax MXLD Puck with a white finish. With its accompanying LED discs, it mounts easily under any cabinet and can link up to 30 discs without additional hardware. The energy efficient LED disc uses only 1.7 watts, requires no additional driver, and stays cool to the touch making it safe. The warm white colour lasts long and compliments any room or corner where it illuminates.

Lampsplus.com also describes Xenon Starter Kit Under Cabinet Light as a good way to light up dark spots. This four light starter kit comes in a powder-coated white finish featuring xenon technology, which gives a 10,000-hour life lamp. It comes packed with a 14 inch interconnect cable and wiring module for easy installation.

There are several other under cabinet lights to choose from depending on taste and perhaps, other lightings in the kitchen.

Culled from punchontheweb.com