11-02-2018, 05:01 PM
Hey all:
I am planning to build built-ins in my home office, and I want to put LED strip lighting under the cabinets and some of the shelves. This is my plan for the builtins:
So I plan to use some Hitlights transformers that allow you to control the dimming of the low voltage LED strip lights with a standard dimmer switch. The link to these transformers are here:
https://www.amazon.com/HitLights-Dimmabl...ransformer
Here is the image showing the wiring diagram for hooking these up:
Here is a description and close up picture of what I plan to do:
Make a male plug with a 2 conductor + ground wire going from the outlet to the junction box. From there the hot leads (black) will go up to the switches. The ground (green) and neutral (yellow) leads will go into the transformers. The hot leads from the switches (red) will go back down to the transformers. From here, the transformers will put out the dimmable low voltage leads for the LED strip lights.
My questions:
The hot leads will be going from the junction box up through a hole in the counter top then between the two shelf walls where the switch boxes are. This is about a 1.5" gap between the two shelf walls. The dimmers will be in a standard plastic old work shallow electrical box.
What kind of wire should I use here?? I don't think Romex is supposed to be used outside of walls, per NEC.
Is a special kind of wire required since it will be in a narrow gap between two pieces of plywood??
Also, since the transformers are only rated to 80 total watts (combined), which doesn't even pull 1 amp at 120V, I am assuming that I can use 16-18 gauge wiring.
Thanks in advance for the help... I want to make sure that I am doing this right, and I have not been able to find anything about what kind of wire to be used within wooden built-ins.
I am planning to build built-ins in my home office, and I want to put LED strip lighting under the cabinets and some of the shelves. This is my plan for the builtins:
So I plan to use some Hitlights transformers that allow you to control the dimming of the low voltage LED strip lights with a standard dimmer switch. The link to these transformers are here:
https://www.amazon.com/HitLights-Dimmabl...ransformer
Here is the image showing the wiring diagram for hooking these up:
Here is a description and close up picture of what I plan to do:
Make a male plug with a 2 conductor + ground wire going from the outlet to the junction box. From there the hot leads (black) will go up to the switches. The ground (green) and neutral (yellow) leads will go into the transformers. The hot leads from the switches (red) will go back down to the transformers. From here, the transformers will put out the dimmable low voltage leads for the LED strip lights.
My questions:
The hot leads will be going from the junction box up through a hole in the counter top then between the two shelf walls where the switch boxes are. This is about a 1.5" gap between the two shelf walls. The dimmers will be in a standard plastic old work shallow electrical box.
What kind of wire should I use here?? I don't think Romex is supposed to be used outside of walls, per NEC.
Is a special kind of wire required since it will be in a narrow gap between two pieces of plywood??
Also, since the transformers are only rated to 80 total watts (combined), which doesn't even pull 1 amp at 120V, I am assuming that I can use 16-18 gauge wiring.
Thanks in advance for the help... I want to make sure that I am doing this right, and I have not been able to find anything about what kind of wire to be used within wooden built-ins.
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