Found a deal too good to pass up on LED under cabinet lights at Surplus City, so I took a break from the teardrop build (approaching the two year point--yikes!) yesterday, and replaced our florescent lights under the kitchen cabinets.
Looks like some returns to NICOR, which is located in Albuquerque. Of course, for the price ($15-20/unit), I was willing to put up with 1) A smashed plastic end piece from someone who thought it would be a good idea to hit the knock-out with a hammer (like one would with the metal knock-outs along the sides), instead of cutting it with a utility knife; B. A single bad LED in one unit; III, Three white units and one black one; d: three units with two position (bright/dim) switches, and one unit with a single brightness; and 5. Many missing parts--strain reliefs, wire nuts, screws, etc. all of which I possess in some form or another in my junk.
The electrician who wired our cabin put in a switch (at my request) and some junction boxes in the cabinets. I'd originally wired in the florescents with some 12 AWG Romex that I'd had lying around. This time, I decided to do it "more professionally" and wired in outlets and bought some new appliance cords to plug in the lights.
With switched outlets, we don't care about the one vs two position switch mis-match on the lights, and since they're under counter lights, no one should notice the black/white mix. Don't look!:
I "fixed" the end piece using silicon sealant to glue the valence down so it won't slide out.
The job shouldn't have taken all day, but I also cleaned out the cabinets while removing stuff to get at the boxes.
Been retired two months now, and the fun just never stops!
Tom