This is the 24” ETi under cabinet LED light. What makes this fixture interesting is its dual moun...This is the 24” ETi under cabinet LED light. What makes this fixture interesting is its dual mounting options. It can be mounted in a traditional way, screwed directly to the underside of a cabinet, or it can be mounted using a steel mounting plate which the fixture sticks to via magnets. This latter method allows you to remove the fixture to localize the light, if desired (it can easily be moved along the mounting plate and stuck in various locations).
The fixture can be either hardwired or it can be plugged in to a receptacle. Either way, everything you need for the installation is included, even a cable and connector so you can link several fixtures together. I also have the 18” version of this fixture and was able to test the linking feature. It worked as expected—when you turn on the power, both lights go on. Photo 1 shows what you get in the box. Photo 2 is a close-up of the cables and bag of parts.
The fixture is easy to install, especially if you’re just plugging it in. The supplied instructions are pretty good, except for a couple of small problems. The section entitled Tools Required specifies a power drill with a 1/8” bit, but the manual never explicitly tells you to drill a pilot hole using this bit (it only specifies to use a power tool to drive the screws). And on page 5 there is a typo—the illustration refers to the power cord as part HH, when it should be GG. The actual text is correct. These are very minor issues and I didn’t take any stars off for this.
I installed the fixture under one of my kitchen cabinets using the mounting plate method. The supplied screws were a little too long and came through the bottom of my cabinet. I had to find shorter screws to use (I couldn’t use washers under the supplied screws because then the heads of the screws would have protruded out from the mounting plate and the fixture wouldn’t lay flat. Next I plugged the power cord into a touch switch/dimmer that was already there. As you touch the switch plate, the light goes from low, to medium, to full on. This worked well with the fixture. But note, the color temperature changes as you dim the light, from 3000K to 2200K. On the dimmest setting of my touch switch, the fixture gave a nice warm glow, which I thought was good for use as a night light. Photos 3, 4, and 5 show the installed fixture on low, medium, and high, respectively.
The fixture also features an adjustable beam—there are tabs at each end that you can turn that rotate the bulb to adjust where the beam points. In my installation, there wasn’t a big difference in the spread of the light as I rotated the bulb, mainly because the fixture is very bright and fully lights up the area below it.
Overall, I found the fixture easy to install and very bright (it lit up my counter nicely). It comes with a 5 year warranty.
by KnotNow