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	Subject - Under Cabinet Puck Lights Romex Racer I've never installed these, but a customer mentioned he might want some. The ones I've seen look cheesy, they had a XFMR that pluged in to an outlet and had little wires that ran on the surface from puck to puck. You could only see the wires if you looked, but the whole thing seems crappy. Is there a preferred method to installing puck lights? Electricman I installed these a few times, the ones I did had a Xformer with a cord and plug for the primary, so we R.I. a recpt above the cabinets and just ran the low volt wire in between the styles of the cabinet. The recpt above the cabinet was on its own switch at a convienent location on the countertop. These lights are ok in most applications but sometimes when you have a really high gloss countertop you can get a nasty glare coming right back at ya. I usually suggest the flouresent undercab lights to many of our customers because of the soft light that they give, plus they are line voltage so you dont have to mess around with running all those l.v. wires trying to hide em. And they are available in only 1.25 inch high so they are well hidden by the cabinet style I think the Progress #s are the P7000 series. zapped208 My opinion of puck lights are......they really **ck! I use for L.V. Seagull task lighting, Juno L.V.track, or Kichler makes a u.c. light that is line /LV in one unit w/xeon lamps. Gives a nice warm incandesant look. stedder progress makes a pretty full line of uc lights also I too, like the xenon, the transforners are always a prob but one that must be dealt with 'cause architects seem to like LoVo stuff. Wirenutz some of these pucks, especially those Xeon, run awful hot. I've noticed the instructions on some dictating that they can only be pointed down, not up... must be along the same lines of thought as those torchiere lamps that the kids land thier paper airplanes in? ~W~ kbsparky Anytime I have a customer who wants these things installed, I try to talk them out of it. I'd rather install rope lights or fluorescents than those hot spots. While the manufacturers warn against placing them in the "up" position, due to heat and fire hazards, has anyone considered what might happen when a person places a grocery bag on the counter, and the top of the bag brushes up against one of these while lit?