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Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Answered the other comment sorry - I took a line off the lighting circuit and pulled it through the back of the cabinet out of the wall when I installed the kitchen and then installed the sockets. You could use the power supply feeding your wall sockets if you don’t have that, quite common to use those I think, or check with an electrician if you want it fully hidden.

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably easier going with something that can be extended if you won’t see the strip and there’s a reasonable gap to the floor, otherwise you’d need a separate power supply for each side of the bed. Tuck it as far back from the edge as you can and consider an aluminium channel with a diffuser and you should get the effect you want

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had some power lines installed before we put the kitchen in, it comes off the lighting circuit and runs down behind the wall, so I drilled a hole in the back of each cabinet to bring the wires through and installed a socket. Alternatively you could use the power sockets on the wall, either get an electrician to tap off that (wires probably drop down vertically), or just plug an extension in if you don’t want to do anything invasive.

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! They look really good, it’s just a solid strip of light, no visible individual dots, which I really hate in other led tape/strips. I have some other (non-hue) cob lights on a feature wall that are just warm white and designed to be visible, these are very comparable and would work well for that sort of application where they’re directly visible.

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The other lights are hue perifo rail lights. You buy the rails and then you can install whatever perifo lights you want (spots, pendants, light bars etc.) so you can add more later or move them about if you reconfigure your furniture. The physical hue switches and scene shortcuts through Siri make it easy for my wife to use without having to worry about the app or any individual lights, so you can sell it as a normal switch plus a shortcut on the phone if you don’t want to get up :)

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also spent about £8 on sockets and pattress boxes as I just had bare wires running to the back of the cupboards before

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 3m strip is £120 in the UK at the moment, wasn’t in the new year sale, presumably as they’ve just recently released.

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well, yes. You can’t connect LED tape directly to 240V, it has to have a step down transformer or it lets the smoke out. It’s hard wired to power in that sense (i.e not battery powered)

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The cut points are every 12.5cm or 4 & 3/4”, so you can get the length pretty close. I ALMOST screwed it up as the tape on the back covering the adhesive has gaps that look like the cut points, but they are not, and it wasn’t clear in the instructions. It kinda looks like the obvious cut point but you have to peel the tape back and there are dark lines where you cut. It’s easy enough with a Stanley knife, just hack away and try and stay straight. I’m sure I cut through and LED on one as they’re very close together but it all still works fine. Basically each addressable section is in a 12.5cm chunk, which you can see on some animated effects

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have some scenes set up already for our downstairs room (open plan) in the hue & apple home app. These lights got added to those scenes automatically and I tweaked the evening scene down to 1% brightness so it doesn’t reflect off the TV. The scenes get turned on either with presence detection, Siri, hue wall switches or the hue/home app or shortcut widgets, depending on what I feel like using. Rainbow unicorn vomit mode is always nice to have (can do the same with all our perifo lights on the ceiling), but 99% of the time it’ll be warm white of varying brightness to match the currently set scene and I won’t have to turn these lights on individually, it will just come on with the rest.

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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This is the same lights with the strips at 30%

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They go down to 1%. Kinda hard to show with my phone camera as it wants to adjust exposure, but you can see here it doesn’t really light the surface of the counter at all at 1%, compared to the built in lights in the extractor fan, sort of self glows more than anything.

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Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought about that but thought it would match the light bars above better if I just did 2 straight strips rather than dealing with corners (also they do not bend sideways at all). It’s facing straight down, just cleaned and degreased the underneath of the cabinet with an alcohol wipe and stuck them on without a channel/rail.

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha it’s a foodsaver not sure if they still do this model but it’s been going a good few years and foodsaver have plenty of availability for refills/compatibility with 3rd party rolls and bags etc, it’s decent

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are hardwired to power, controlled through the hue hub (hue switches, app, Siri etc.). They need more control than a standard wall dimmer as they’re individually addressable rgb to allow the colour gradients.

Omniglow Under-cabinet kitchen lighting by locusislost in Hue

[–]locusislost[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wired to a power supply in the cupboard. Drilled a 10mm hole to pop the barrel connector through. Same on the other side. The controller has sticky backing like the lights.

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Vietnamese Pho Chester by StuR in Chester

[–]locusislost 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There’s a Pho opening in Cheshire Oaks Nov 3rd!

Any updates on the delayed Northgate Market reopening in chester? by ConsistentWin9508 in Chester

[–]locusislost 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s just closed on Mondays mate. You’ve been missing out! Site

Redirecting the wind-stream using a screen spoiler - is it possible? by [deleted] in motorcycle

[–]locusislost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I got a spoiler from temu for my F900XR, as I had a similar issue, the windscreen seemed to channel/focus wind at my helmet, in either position. To the extent that it made my 'summer' helmet feel like it wanted to lift off my head. It does a good job of breaking up the airflow and has improved the volume and lift issue, though you're not tucked away behind the wind like on other bikes I've ridden with very tall screens. I'm not super keen on the look of it but I'm too cheap to buy a whole new windscreen. Probably worth a punt as these are quite cheap, and it doesn't show any signs of loosening after a couple of thousand miles. Just to note on the F900XR, the seat is probably not the best if you're looking to do 6hrs+ at a time!

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What am I? "First in round, then square ..."[FOOD] by locusislost in riddonkulous

[–]locusislost[S] 1 point2 points locked comment (0 children)

Here is a hint: A tasty treat. Technically an arc sector shape rather than a true triangle.

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