Kitchen under cabinet lighting question

[DaveyD]

Hi Chaps,
I'm thinking about fitting under cabinet lights in the kitchen. They'll be LED, fed via a transformer.
I'm a bit concerned on the legal side of things, as its wiring in a kitchen.
The kit comes with a transformer that plugs into a mains socket, would fitting this still need checking by an electrician? Plus I always thought kitchen wiring was notifiable?

Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks, Dave

 

[EFLImpudence]

Kitchens are no longer included for themselves.

It would only be notifiable if it were a new circuit, which it isn't.

 

[DaveyD]

Ok thank you for that.
Just to check though, would it still need a Minor installations work certificate?

I just want to get everything right as we're planning to move house next year.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes, certificates and the types of certificate are nothing to do with notification.

 

[DaveyD]

So would it still need a test certificate even though the transformer is just plugged into a wall socket?

 

[EFLImpudence]

No.

 

[winston1]

Doubt if it is a transformer which provide AC. LEDs need DC from a power supply.

 

[DaveyD]

Hi, Not sure where you got the AC bit from? Its a transformer that plugs into a mains wall socket and that will provide DC for the LEDs.

 

[flameport]

Plus I always thought kitchen wiring was notifiable?

At one time it was, but not any more as most of the notifiable items were removed in 2013, unless you live in Wales where the older rules still apply, and that all assumes people could be bothered to notify anything at all, which in general they did not and still don't.

 

[winston1]

Hi, Not sure where you got the AC bit from? Its a transformer that plugs into a mains wall socket and that will provide DC for the LEDs.

WRONG. Transformers do NOT provide DC. They are AC devices. To get DC a rectifier is required which is part of a DC power supply.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer

 

[Taylortwocities]

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[winston1]

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Better go and see a doctor.

 

[Taylortwocities]

That IGNORE button gets ever so tempting