Hi, I'm looking for some advice on installing under cabinet kitchen lights.
We have recently bought a maisonette, a lot of the lights were not working - I have replaced 6 lights in the living room which all work. We have been left with unsightly wiring and connector blocks underneath the kitchen cabinets and yesterday I tried to install the new fittings. We only have 2 kitchen cabinets so 1 light per cabinet.
The 2 lights I have bought are 230v 13w LED strip lights. I wired them up but the lights did not work. Nothing tripped. Neither one worked but there was power running through the cables. I only have a tester pen and not a multimeter. I tried one of the new living room wall lights in the kitchen and that worked. The living room light is 5w. Tried the kitchen light in the living room and it worked.
The living room is on a separate circuit, and both the kitchen lights and upstairs lights are on another.
The only thing I can think is that the wattage of the kitchen lights is too high?
If 1x 13w light does not work, does that mean the total no of watts for both lights needs to be less than 13w, or each light needs to be less than 13w? So does the amount of wattage depend on each power supply or the total wattage for the circuit?
We have recently bought a maisonette, a lot of the lights were not working - I have replaced 6 lights in the living room which all work. We have been left with unsightly wiring and connector blocks underneath the kitchen cabinets and yesterday I tried to install the new fittings. We only have 2 kitchen cabinets so 1 light per cabinet.
The 2 lights I have bought are 230v 13w LED strip lights. I wired them up but the lights did not work. Nothing tripped. Neither one worked but there was power running through the cables. I only have a tester pen and not a multimeter. I tried one of the new living room wall lights in the kitchen and that worked. The living room light is 5w. Tried the kitchen light in the living room and it worked.
The living room is on a separate circuit, and both the kitchen lights and upstairs lights are on another.
The only thing I can think is that the wattage of the kitchen lights is too high?
If 1x 13w light does not work, does that mean the total no of watts for both lights needs to be less than 13w, or each light needs to be less than 13w? So does the amount of wattage depend on each power supply or the total wattage for the circuit?