How to install LED Strip Lights – Under Cabinet Lightstrips for your Smart Home!

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Today we are installing lightstrips above and below the cabinets in the kitchen. We will customize the lightstrips to accommodate gaps in our cabinets. This can be useful when you have a microwave or a window where you need a gap in your lightstrip. The final result will be professional cabinet lighting that works with our HomeKit smart home.

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0:00 Overview
0:45 VOCOlinc Lightstrips
1:15 Overview & Supplies Needed
2:16 Running the Power Cords
4:07 How to Create a Gap in Your Lightstrip
6:22 Solderless Connections Type 1
9:12 Solderless Connections Type 2
11:14 Installing Under Cabinets
11:47 Installing Above Cabinets
12:20 Controlling in HomeKit
12:53 Custom Light Effects
14:05 Final Thoughts

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[ShaneCreates]

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[ronjoe]

Great video. If I had one suggestion to any budding installer...move the light strips a little forward under the cabinets. It will shed more light on the actual counter by allowing the light to spread out. Just play with it to get the right setup for you.

[davelindenmuth]

If I were doing this project, I’d go through the cabinets on either side of the microwave and through the cabinet above the microwave. That eliminates concern about the wire falling and also protects it from heat and steam from the stovetop.

[jeffostroff]

Good video. when you install these light strips, don't put them so close to back wall, all we see are hot spots on the back wall, and not much lighting on the center of the counter. A Lot of pro installers make this mistake also. This is more important as you age because the elderly can't tolerate glare of the backsplash as a useful lighting source. By mounting your LED strips closer to the front of the cabinet, the counters will be more evenly lit without the glare.

[VRenee]

Love love love this!! Just ordered some! And thank you for turning down the volume when you said “Alexa”! Appreciate that!! Someone who gets it! Yes!!

[johnowens]

Maybe it’s not new but I really appreciate the fact that whenever you send Alexa you edited the volume down so I would not trigger devices nearby. Sometimes it’s the little things.

[nicole]

This was awesome! I'm so glad I came across this and found a solution to routing the cabling under the microwave!

[indycog]

First, I love that your making a Homekit smart home and sharing your info when most people are going the amazon or google route. Second, I was trying to figure out how to run power becuase ive been wanting to do this and I completely forgot about the plug by the hood. Genius! Thanks again for taking the time to record and share this!

[reallyretro]

Thank you for this tutorial! It just proves that you do not need a solderer to do this correctly, and have it look great in the process 👍

[robertm]

“This was the first smart home project my wife was actually excited about”.... raise your hands if your wife is the same. 🙋🏼‍♂️

[leogonzalez]

Shane, you are the MAN! This is exactly what i've been looking for. Thank you for all your content. I'm so glad I've subscribed to your channel. 😃

[robertmaurice]

Good video and I like the fact that you installed them to the back of the cabinets. That’s the way I did mine too. I didn’t want to see the strip and my goal was to highlight the backsplash. I still get plenty of light. The only difference I did was I continued under the microwave. My microwave was the same level as the cabinets so now I have lighting that highlight my professional range too.

[travisnarc]

I can't Thank You enough for the detail and shared knowledge!

[rob_over_]

Couple ideas Shane:
1) You may be able to get some wood channel to hide it so it doesn't look so obvious, but I probably would've run it in the corner and just notch the shelves there instead.
2) You also may want to look into a plastic channel diffuser over them so they create a more even lighting field, that should make for a rather even distribution.

[mcchuddies]

We are about to redo our kitchen and want far more Siri integration and this video is exactly what i wanted! keep up the good work!

[Euain]

Thank you for posting this video. I was holding out on installing under cabinet lighting due to technology changing so quickly and not being happy with what was on the market. Now watching your review, I'm confident that this lighting kit will meet my needs!

[reviewassistant]

I really like these cheap led 4 pin led lights because they allow me to do a basic feature within my lockdown home automation system

[jordanlawrence]

Your videos are very well thought out and you are meticulous! Love it!!
Although, I am hesitant to purchase anything that doesn’t have thread built in at this point. Thread seems to be the way to go, my router seems to be giving me issues now since I have so many devices connected to it directly.
Keep these videos coming Shane!

[pwicketts]

Been looking for a solution like this for under my microwave - thank you!!!

[dfhowes]

Well, this is exactly what I have in my kitchen and was wondering how to do it. Thanks!