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I'm making up three small display cabinets - I want to fit an inlaid led light strip into the sides - these are readily available on amazon.
However, ideally want I want is one plug socket / power adaptor and the ability to power several light strips in the three cabinets. So I only need one socket / hide one cable
Not having much luck sourcing, probably not using the right search term.... anyone done this before / recommend a product?
Thanks
edit all the cabinets will be on the small wall but will be set apart from each other by a few inches
edit2 cabinets are different sizes 40x40, 30x30 and 20x20 so strips need to be trimable too or available in those dimensions
Something like this?
Or this, but the 'daisy' chaining is from the centre so might not be as versatile:
screwfix or toolstation have them power block which allows multiple strips to run from
Ikea's range of LED cabinet kitchen lighting is excellent IME.
You want a 'driver' for LED lights
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/search/?q=lighting%20driver
The £10 one will do six lights, the others more. You'd have to buy/cut/join their wires to get the bit that plugs in though. Also, all the Ikea stuff *seems* to be 24V - I've run their lights on other drivers. 24V is good, but a lot of other cheap stuff runs on 12 which won't work with Ikea's drivers.... (some LED tape is 12v, some 24v, some fittings are constant current rather than constant voltage).
There are configurable drivers that will deal with any sort of LED by adjusting some microswitches -
We use Sensio led lights for under kitchen cupboards when doing new installs.
Easy to fit as pretty much just plug and play style, wire up the transformer to the 240v side and then you can plug in multiple (upto 5 I think) strips of sensio led tape that have prewired connections on the end
thanks guys some stuff for me to research
We did this a few years ago, it's quite straight forward. All you need is led strip on a reel at the brightness and colour temp you want. They will normally have cut lines every few cm with contact points for solder to rejoin with thin wire. You just snip there and solder wires across however many terminals there are, likely two or three each side. You link all the strips that way with the wire hidden in the cabinet structure and connect to an led driver with the right power and functions (eg support for colour change etc).
You can also mount the led strip in a led holder with a diffuser. It's not plug and play but you can go as custom as you like.