Adjustable LED Cabinet Lighting

Adjustable LED Cabinet Lighting

Phantom Lighting has been a leader in lighting and adjustable cabinet lighting. Tom Kretzschmar was the founder of Phantom Lighting and has been credited with inventing adjustable cabinet lighting. Since then, it’s been used by thousands across the globe. We’ll be discussing how the Phantom adjustable cabinets series works, and what it offers to enhance the display space in your office or home.

Adjustable LED Cabinet Lighting

The AC Series Adjustable Concealed (AC).

These adjustable led cabinet lighting shelves are designed to be used during cabinet construction. Round pins and drilling holes will support them.

The Adjustable Exposed Series (AE)

This product is designed to fit in cabinetry that has metal standards exposed. Individual shelves can be supported with metal shelf support clips.

How Phantom’s Adjustable LED Lighting Cabinet Works

Exposed wiring makes shelf lighting a pain and a eyesore. The fixtures can’t be moved once they are in place without professional assistance. This means even simple tasks like raising and lowering shelves will become a major inconvenience. Because they don’t use exposed wiring, Phantom’s adjustable led under cabinet lighting can be adjusted in a variety of ways. This wiring is standard with most display fixtures and makes it difficult to move the fixtures.

Instead of using exposed wiring, Phantom’s adjustable LED cabinet lighting systems use brass components and buss bars to direct the current from concealed drivers. Because of the unique power distribution buss bars provide, the shelf supports can be easily adjusted to fit the lighting fixture. Because the buss bars can be powered by a transformer so that the contact pads are able to rest on the shelves supports, the Phantom light fixture will conduct electricity. Because all components of the display and shelf cabinet are included, it is possible to move the supports without the need for a professional.

An adjustable cabinet lighting system requires just one pair of busbars per section and one CDA kit for each shelf. This combination, together with an easily concealed low-voltage transformer, creates a hidden, wireless, invisible light source that can illuminate anything from sentimental curiosities and wine bottles to rare books, antique china, and more.

Adjustable LED cabinet lighting: The benefits

Home – You can enhance the cabinets in your home using any one of Phantom’s linear lighting products. However, our adjustable series offers the greatest customization. Although most homeowners do not change their shelves very often, having the ability to make changes without having to rewire is much more convenient than hiring an electrician every time they need to.

Kitchens, bars, and butler’s kitchens: If your home features cabinetry, including glass-fronted doors, in your butler’s or kitchen pantry, adjustable LED cabinet lighting will give your products and dishes a warm glow. You will find that kitchen appliances and serving dishes can vary in their size, especially in terms of height. If you need to replace them, you’ll be able to easily move the shelves without having to alter your lighting design.

Home offices or libraries: Adjustable LED cabinet lighting can be a great choice for both home and office libraries. It allows you to breathe new life into books, and creates a relaxing space. Learn more about cabinet lighting for home libraries.

Living rooms and dens are the rooms homeowners display the items they love the most. You can adjust the lighting of your cabinets to suit changing décor. It is especially useful for framing photos collections, which often have varying heights as their families grow.

Businesses – Business cabinets are usually located in private offices and building lobbyes. Adjustable cabinet lighting can enhance the ambience of any space and highlight decorative items, awards and marketing materials. This attracts clients with museum-quality aesthetics.

Adjustable LED cabinet lighting is a great choice for retail environments. Great lighting has the ability to impact customers. Our products also allow employees and you to modify the layout of the shelves without the need to rewire. Learn more about Phantom’s adjustable lighting solutions for retail spaces.

Installing the Adjustable Concealed Series (AC)

Although the Phantom Adjustable Concealed series (AC) is quite complex, it’s not difficult to comprehend. We created comprehensive instructions for each component and their mounting requirements.

As the cabinet is constructed, it must be assembled and assembled by a carpenter or builder.

To accept the buss bars, the carpenter will first create a channel measuring 1/4″x5/8″. You must ensure that the buss bars align with the mounting holes on the sides of the cabinet.

Use the included mounting screw to secure buss bars in their place. For each section of cabinet, repeat this process.

When the carpenter is assembling the sections, the electrician must then run low-voltage home run wiring between the transformer and the metal buss bars within each section. The electrician must provide another low-voltage wire that runs from the transformer to each section’s light strip. These electrical connections are important for maintenance in the future.

Once the cabinets and shelves have been painted, attach the Phantom brass right-angle mounting brackets to the cabinet sections using the brass screws. For the support of back shelves, use standard right angle pins provided by a carpenter.

Assemble the bottom lights strip of each shelf and the one behind the top header. Place the shelves into the cabinet by attaching contact pads to each shelf. The top strip should be connected behind the header. Place the shelves inside the cabinet.

As if by magic, low-voltage power flows from the buss bars to the bracket, through the mounting bracket and then through the contact pads that are connected to each of the shelves’ lighting strips.

It takes just a few hours for the entire procedure to produce a stunning visual display which appears lit from hidden lights that emanated from the shelves. These results are amazing!


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