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john watts
That does look dark.
You could use the LED strips across the ceiling but I wouldn't have them bare or they wouldn't look nice at all.
id recommend have a couple of lines of the LED strip in a surface mounted profile so they look smooth when looked at.
You can run 2 strips using a high brightness strip (must be 120 led's per metre, whatever strip you choose to get the smooth light when looked at)
You can get them made to length for you with long starter leads and wire both leads into your on/off switch or plug socket.
The options are using a remote dimmer or a mains dimmable power supply to then use a rotary dimmer.
Any electrician could install them as it wouldn't be a tough job.
The only difficulty would be getting the cables from the end of the strips to where you would mount the power supply, but you could use some trunking and have it above the cupboards.
Extrusion like this:
LED strip 120 LED at least. Like so:
The surface mount extrusion must be around 15mm deep when using 120 LEDs per metre strip to get the smooth effect.
If you use any shallower extrusion or less LED's per metre than that then you will see the 'dot' effect.
You could use the LED strips across the ceiling but I wouldn't have them bare or they wouldn't look nice at all.
id recommend have a couple of lines of the LED strip in a surface mounted profile so they look smooth when looked at.
You can run 2 strips using a high brightness strip (must be 120 led's per metre, whatever strip you choose to get the smooth light when looked at)
You can get them made to length for you with long starter leads and wire both leads into your on/off switch or plug socket.
The options are using a remote dimmer or a mains dimmable power supply to then use a rotary dimmer.
Any electrician could install them as it wouldn't be a tough job.
The only difficulty would be getting the cables from the end of the strips to where you would mount the power supply, but you could use some trunking and have it above the cupboards.
Extrusion like this:
LED strip 120 LED at least. Like so:
The surface mount extrusion must be around 15mm deep when using 120 LEDs per metre strip to get the smooth effect.
If you use any shallower extrusion or less LED's per metre than that then you will see the 'dot' effect.