and so much more

NEW and Improved

Undercabinet lighting is a feature that most homeowners desire when planning a new or remodeled kitchen. Normally the lights are provided by the cabinet distributor or an electrician. The end result can vary from the choice of fi xture to the ability of the installer.

When illuminating the interior of a cabinet with glass door fronts, fi xtures are typically installed at the ceiling of the cabinet and the light must fi lter down through glass shelving. While lighted adjustable shelves with aluminum frames are now available to cabinet manufac-turers, there has not been a solu-tion that integrates lighting into a fi xed panel that also functions as a cabinet component.

With Total Light, a stock cabinet bottom or top is replaced with a pre-wired assembly that is identical in length, width and thickness and can be easily installed on the as-sembly line.

Total Light was designed specifi cally for face frame cabinets as there is space underneath and above for an assembly that houses LED strip lighting and translucent panels.

With the Total Light & Cabinetconcept, the dollar value and sales of the installation is transferred from the aftermarket / kitchen dealer/ electrician to the kitchen cabinet producer.

The increased cost of cabinets with the Total Light solution installed in new home construction is mitigated by the cost of the cabinets being spread over the life of the mortgage.

Illumination projects through the frosted acrylic to totally fl ood the areas above and beneath the cabinet bottom or cabinet top.

Each cabinet is supplied power through low, 12 volt wiring that con-nects to a main transformer that plugs into a standard 120 volt outlet. With normal installations an electrician is not required to make the wiring con-nections after the cabinets are installed.

The wiring can be routed underneath or on top of the cabinet. Wiring cabi-nets together is acomplished with vari-ous linking cables and terminal blocks. All electrical components are UL and CSA rated.

Total Light is patent pending

Transformer - Junction Blocks - Link Cables - Dimmer Control

Your Cabinet

Total Light Cabinet Bottom

Total Light Cabinet Top

LED specifi cations:

• High Output 3 watt / 120 lumens per lineal foot

• 3500 Kelvin, warm white

• Rated at 50,000 hours useful life (23 years @ 6 hours per day)

Inside the Cabinet

How to SpecifyOrder the same size as your existing Cabinet Bot-tom:

• Length

• Depth

• Thickness - frames are available for cabinets with 1/2” or 3/8” wide dados in the sides and back. The lip dimension 1/32” undersized.

• Wood Species - Maple, Cherry and Red Oak frames are off ered in the stock program. Other species can be obtained in minimum quantities. Please contact your PMI Sales Rep for further information.

With this information your Total Light assembly can be constructed.

Servicable Light Assembly

Wire passes through hole in wood

Bottom Wiring

Link cables to junction block and transformer

Link cable from panel B through cabinet

Lead from bottom panel

Ø3/8” hole drilled through cabinet side

Top Wiring

Connection of lead to link cable

Lead fed through hole in bottom panel

Link cables from panels A, B & C connect to junction block

AB

C

Lead from top panel

Ø3/8” hole drilled through cabinet side

^ To transformer

Plugs and cables are polarized.Red to positive

Dimmer ControlsDimmers for LED lighting are connected to the out-put (low voltage DC current) side of the transform-er. Panel mount rotary dimmers or remote control dimmers are available.

PackagingAcrylic is inserted into the frame.

Light bar with wire is inserted into a cardboard tube.

A plastic bag with the plug end for the wire, (2) adhesive wire clips and the wire channel retainer will be taped to the TL assembly.

The frame, acrylic and light bar tube will have identifying code numbers to keep the set matched when they are separated.

The frame and tube are strapped to a cardboard sheet with a perimeter margin of 2”-3” for protection in shipping.

Up to 5 TL assemblies will go into a cardboard box.