Kitchen plinth led wiring help

ferry

Silly question alert.
I plan to fit only 4 leds to my kitchen plinth. How do they power up? 
I can only find instructions that lead up to the transformer wiring? 
Do you just add a 3 pin plug onto the end of the transformer then into a standard plug socket?
Thanks

DullGreyGuy

Somewhat depends on what transformer you've bought but most appropriate ones can go into the lighting ring so it's operated with a light switch or into a standard 3 pin plug socket. 

Ours are wired up to a dedicated switch on the lighting ring so can be turned on/off independent of the other lights. They originally had an IR controller but two of the three had become faulty meaning they were stuck on cycling through colours where as we preferred a cool white so removed the IR and put in dedicated single colour LEDs

MikeJXE

I fitted them to my kitchen plinth 

there is more likely a socket under the cupboards you can link to 

I also fitted a motion detector switch to the plinth to controls them 

ferry

Good idea. I assume the socket wiring should be done by an electrician

CliveOfIndia

ferry said:

Good idea. I assume the socket wiring should be done by an electrician

It doesn't have to be done by an electrician, you're allowed to do it yourself.  But if you're not confident with electrical stuff then of course it makes sense to get a properly-qualified sparky in.

Consider whether you want them plugged into a socket - it may be more convenient to have them plumbed into the existing lighting circuit?  Depends to some extent on the physical layout as to what will be easiest/neatest, and what you want in the way of switches etc.

casper_gutman

These days you can power them via a socket but still control them from a wall switch. For example, you could power them however you like and control them remotely via a kinetic switch from the likes of Quinetic or Ener-j. They do grid switch modules you can install alongside standard mains switches, and you'd hardly know the difference to look at.