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Routing LED lights

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I’m kind of stuck trying to find the best way of routing led lights in my kitchen

There will be one led light strip underneath the edge of the worktop and one lef strip underneath the wall units.

One driver will drive both strips.
It’s a very small kitchen

On the plastered wall I’m thinking of having a spur taken from the kitchen ring but then stuck where to feed the lef driver and then feed the strips. Do I have the spur in the middle for aesthetics, between two double sockets? or do I have the spur near the door to the left, then the two sockets.

Also would you hide the driver inside one of the floor units or near the floor so you have access via the removal of the plinth.

Ideally I’d like to feed the led strip underneath the worktop edge from the left ( near the door ) and move around on the other side to the washing machine.

Also how would you wire the wall unit to the right of the cooker hood?

I’m mainly concerned about the route of the cable , not the cable size etc I’ve got that figured out.
 

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I'd put the fcu and drivers either in a cupboard or on the top of the units.
 
As this is a total strip-out I'll say the switch should be by the door. If there is a FCU it should be accessible and near the driver, I agree above the wall units works well.

Cable routes: due to the ever changing fashion for lighting, I like to see conduits burried in the wall dropping from each area of wall units to plinth level to make future changes so much easier, skill required to generate safety zones.
 

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