Under Cabinet Lighting

Choose shelf lighting by where the light needs to land, how the fittings will be powered and the colour you want. Small round lights suit the underside of a shelf, while LED tape in an aluminium profile gives a continuous line of light. Warm white suits displays and living areas, and cool white suits work areas. The range here includes compact round lights and tape profiles.

Yes, many small round shelf and cabinet lights can be recessed into a shelf or cabinet base so they sit nearly flush. Check the cut-out size and the depth of the shelf, and leave room for the cable and any driver or connection box. Some fittings can also be surface mounted where cutting is not possible. The range here includes lights for surface or recessed mounting.

A battery under shelf light runs from its own batteries, so it needs no wiring and can be fixed with adhesive pads, screws or a magnet. It suits cupboards, wardrobes and shelves far away from a socket. Battery lights are usually less bright than mains fittings, and the batteries need replacing now and then. The range here includes a battery switch light that can mount magnetically.

Mains LED under cabinet lighting runs directly on the household supply, with no separate driver to hide. That makes wiring simpler, because the fittings can connect to a lighting circuit or fused spur through a switch. Check whether the fitting is dimmable, as some mains types are not. The range here includes driver-free mains lights with a switchable colour temperature.

Fix the lights to the underside of the cabinets, run the cables back to a driver or connection box, then connect the supply through a switch or fused spur. Turn off the power before any wiring, and use an electrician for new circuits. Recessed fittings need a cut-out drilled in the cabinet base. The range here includes kits supplied with a driver and connection box.