Cheapest striplight fittings for display cases etc?

[Michael Kilpatrick]

Hello all,

does anybody know of a source for very cheap fittings for striplights such as the standard 221mm 30W incandescant double-ended strip bulbs, of the sort that are used by furniture manufacturers for lighting display cases, cupboards, under shelves, and that sort of thing?

There are are variety available online but I'm after the cheapest sort imaginable as they will not be directly visible. Thy don't need integral switches or to be rated for bathroom/kitchen humidity and all that jazz. Just the cheapest possible fitting in ugly cheap plastic. Surely I ought to be able to get something for around a fiver, especially as I need fifteen of them!

Any leads much appreciated.

Michael

[robgraham]

The one bit of advice I would give, and I'm sure it would be backed up by all and sundry here. is that the incandescent strip bulbs are a financial disaster - the bulbs are very short lived and are expensive to replace. You wold be better in the long run, both from the cost and downtime point of view to dial up TLC and order in their undercabinet strip lights eg

[meow2222]

exactly, as well as being unsafe.

NT

[Michael Kilpatrick]

Thanks very much. However, I can see that 221mm incandescants from some suppliers are within a few pence of the price of the 9 inch fluorescents sold by TLC. Also I think those particular units you showed me are just too bulky for my application. I need something more slimline if possible.

These lamps are only going to get very occasional use (about one evening per month if I'm lucky) so the lifetime seems less of an issue, and already we're talking about twelve pounds per unit for the kitchen under cupboard units. I've seen a few incandescant 221mm tube fitments for less than this but none yet that really fit the bill.

Michael

[John Rumm]

Try these, cheaper still

[meow2222]

a singlle longer fl tube powered by a separate ballast is as slimline as you can get, cheaper to buy & cheaper to run. And you get 20,000 hrs per bulb chnage instead of 100/6 = 166 hours etc for filaments.

NT