Under cabinet strip lighting, Upgrade to LED

[Stephen Waterworth]

Hi
I have under cabinet strip lighting. The old 2 pin lighting. I want to buy LED. Question . Can I just use the same powere cable that I used before. I have enclosed some photos . If anyone can advise , it would be much appreciated
Thanks
Steve

 

[multimick]

you could use the same power source maybe a jb under the units but not the same white cable with end as it won't fit the new led fittings

 

[Stephen Waterworth]

Ah that’s a shame. A jb under the unit. Sorry, what’s a jb again. I was hoping to avoid going into the wall itself. I have attached another photo, this time of the cable going into the wall. Not exciting I agree. Is there anything I can do without making holes do you think
Thanks again
Steve

 

[Stephen Waterworth]

Sorry , photo

 

[multimick]

what it appears that you have is 230 volt twin cable appearing from your wall into bottom of units,this should have a cpc for protection . as it doesn't i would advise getting a spark in to rectify this for you .

 

[Stephen Waterworth]

Thanks Multimick. A bigger job than I thought.....

 

[123]

Ansell LED Linklights should be a straight swap, and you should be able to reuse the same cable with the same plug

 

[westward10]

Worse case you can get small 13A flex connectors to joint existing cable with some good double sided to fix below the cabinet.

 

[willy fixit]

what it appears that you have is 230 volt twin cable appearing from your wall into bottom of units,this should have a cpc for protection . as it doesn't i would advise getting a spark in to rectify this for you .

Does this flex just go up behind the cabinet to a connection on the top?
If so you may be able to use it to pull in a new wire and use whatever lights you like under the cabinets. If its ELV(12v) the LED power supply can sit on top.

 

[multimick]

just thinking that the 2 core flex would have no cpc and could be buried in the wall

 

[DPG]

what it appears that you have is 230 volt twin cable appearing from your wall into bottom of units,this should have a cpc for protection . as it doesn't i would advise getting a spark in to rectify this for you .

Do we know the new fitting isn't class II ?

 

[Midwest]

I might be wrong, but Ansell's Linklight has a different connector to the one shown by the OP (he has shown the outlet side of his luminaire).

Below is the Ansell luminaire I have;

 

[multimick]

Do we know the new fitting isn't class II ?

the fitting may be class 2, probably is,however surely a cable buried in a wall should have a cpc?

 

[Resu]

the fitting may be class 2, probably is,however surely a cable buried in a wall should have a cpc?

Why?

 

[multimick]

Why?

would you happily bury a twin flex in a wall at a depth of less than 50mm ?

 

[westward10]

would you happily bury a twin flex in a wall at a depth of less than 50mm ?

The cpc is not there to protect you if you drill through it although it has the advantage that the protective device will trip should you drill the line and cpc together.

 

[multimick]

The cpc is not there to protect you if you drill through it although it has the advantage that the protective device will trip should you drill the line and cpc together.

the first post showed a twin flex feeding a mains fitting probably a class2 ,the flex appears to be buried in the wall ,IMHO this is bad practise, the t&e should have been brought down back of cabinet into a jb and connection made in there .that's all

 

[DPG]

It may not be ideal, but I certainly wouldn't be ripping the wall apart to install a CPC which is not even going to be used.

 

[multimick]

my first instinct last night was to say to the op chop off end of old connector and replace with new connector as i didn't think they were compatable, however i thought i would get slated for that so chose a different approach, but that's what i would have done in my own house

 

[DPG]

my first instinct last night was to say to the op chop off end of old connector and replace with new connector as i didn't think they were compatable, however i thought i would get slated for that so chose a different approach, but that's what i would have done in my own house

I think that's the best option in the circumstances. As long as it is done in a decent fashion. To the OP: don't twist and tape the wires