I'm planning to run some led under cabinet lights in my kitchen. However, all the sets I find on Amazon all come with remotes and can only be turned on with the switch or remote that comes with the set. I'd to control them with a powered outlet or switch. But none of them seem to work like that. From the reviews, it looks like if you hook them up like that, all that does is supply them power, not actually turn the lights on. You still have to turn them on with the supplied switch or remote.

Does anyone know of a set that I could power on with a regular switch or powered outlet? Or a way to modify the others to do that? I'd 0refer the strip lights, not the ones in the plastic housings, as they are too bulky for my liking. Thanks!

 

home depot has several versions.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commerci...5-8F/306549382

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Armacost...2250/304491406

https://www.homedepot.com/p/BAZZ-LED...WM4/206159947?

 

Thanks! I totally didn't realize I just needed to find one with a physical switch.

 

There are many choices of under cabinet lighting strips. You can buy a bulk reel of LED tape and one or several plug in drivers. A driver is a power supply that converts 120v to typically 12vdc. The drivers can be plugged into a switched receptacle.

 

The kits with remotes work with the wall switch, here was my post regarding a kitchen re-fit!

Above kitchen cabinet lighting

 

Yeah I know I could skip the controllers that come with the strips and get a driver that would be able to be controlled by a switch. Thing is with the massive overhaul we're already doing in our kitchen, I was kind of going for simplicity. I have done led strips in my basement, and ended up having to solder the strips to the extensions because the "clip-on" connectors were worthless, and wouldn't hold a connection at all. If there is a good product out there that let's me splice and extend the strips to the different cabinets without soldering, then I'm all ears. I just haven't found it yet. So the pre-fabbed kits made for under cabinet lighting seemed the simpler option. I am still a ways away from doing this (I am painting the cabinets and want to get that done first), so I have some time to look around.

 

This was the kit I used, 32' long, one power supplier, one remote, everything is assembled, no connections, just trim to length. About as simple as can be.

Once the color brightness is selected it stays, just throw the wall switch to turn them on.

Yes, you too can have green, or any color accent lights!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

That's good to know, thanks. I actually have a govee set down in my basement, but hadn't tried it with a physical switch, we just use Alexa for it. I had read some reviews that said when you power them off, the back on again, that you have to use the button on the controller to actually turn them on. But thanks that's good to know.

 

No, they get set and forget. Also we had two separate sets due to cabinet layout, the one remote works both!

 

Yeah I saw your post, that was probably the best way to handle your situation. I do have a pantry separating my two sets of cabinets, but I think I can easily run a low voltage extension through my wall into the pantry, behind the door frame and into the other cupboard. It is nice that you can control them with one remote, but I really would like to have them both on one wall switch I think. Dunno still in planning lol.

 

Go for a wall switch with no middlemen, or "middle entities" like Alexa. A wall switch really is "set & forget".

For a low price you can get a complex system that you cannot possibly troubleshoot.

 

Yep that's why I want to go with hardwired to a wall switch. I don't like the system in my basement. I want a simpler system for this.

 

You can have a wall switch but you will still need to install a switched receptacle off that wall switch to power the power supply for the LED strip lights. I typically install the power supply/switched receptacle in a cabinet base or in the basement under the kitchen.