- Unit is 15/16-Inch high and 3-3/4-Inch wide
- Sleek design will add luxury to your kitchen
- Lamp cover uses magnets instead of clips or screws
- Xenon is Dimmable and lasts three times longer than halogen
- Designed to let you link multiple fixtures to one power supply
American Lighting 043X-2-BS Hardwired Xenon Under Cabinet Lighting, Brushed Steel, 14-Inch
#1 by Nicholas M. Jordan on June 18, 2010 - 8:27 am
As other reviewers have mentioned, these are not packaged well. But that is the shoddy packaging of American Lighting, not Amazon. I had a similar issue with a broken end cap. Amazon took care of it quickly and easily with a cross-shipped replacement.
I have the brushed steel version of this in 3 different sizes, but they are really all the same aside from the cost. The lights put out a decent amount of light, and the light is similar to an incandescent bulb, so somewhat yellow.
Installation wasn’t too difficult, but make sure you leave a long enough wire when the electrical is run. On the larger (34 in) fixtures the feed hole can be almost 2 feet from where you make the connection inside the fixture. As other reviews have mentioned, its very tight in there and you don’t want to be forced to extend the wires. I’m of average handiness and was able to install 3 of these lights in an hour or 2.
As another review mentioned, it is not possible to use the clamps that screw into the punch-outs and hold the feed wire in place. They are too tall for the low profile lights, and really just poorly made. Ironically, these useless clamps are the piece that sometimes will be bumped into the plastic end caps during shipping, breaking the end caps.
In another review someone mentioned that the magnets that hold the cover up are not strong enough. None of my lights had this problem at all. The magnets were more than strong enough to keep the cover tightly closed.
Rating: 4 / 5