When Planning the lighting upgrades I noticed when the "decorative wood picture frame" on the full wall slide on our Windsport 27K had a bit of a lip along the top behind the wood frame. About 3/4" wide and about 1/4" below the top of the wood frame. Perfect for a
LED strip light. This mod/upgrade turned out to be the most difficult, but rewarding.
Now, how to bring power up there to the strip? I finally decided the best option would be up from the slide out pantry drawer between the refrigerator and the bedroom wall. To accomplish this I needed to remove the pantry drawer. I documented this ordeal in another thread
here.
I planned on using another ATC
AH-SLD1-5-HS001 dimmer/switch to control the led strip. These require a ground wire and a 12VDC power source. I decided to tap into a ground wire on the backside of the refridgerator and feed it into the pantry drawer cavity.
By carefully measuring I was able to drill a hole in the ceiling of the pantry cabinet and come up just behind the slide wall to feed power/ground to the LED strip.
I used denatured alcohol and a rag to clean off the ledge where the LED strip would attach with its adhesive strip on the bottom. I cut the strip to length, soldered the power/ground wires to one end and laid it out on the ledge.
I used a crimp T-Tap to "steal" 12VDC power from the bedroom light switch.
I placed the switch/dimmer on the upper wall of the bedroom and cut out a hole with the
Dremel Multi-Tool
Now I have a easy to reach switch/dimmer on the bedroom wall to control the LED strip light.
Here is the result, it really makes nice pleasant accent light to the living area and looks pretty "high end". Best upgrade so far.
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