Battery powered under-unit kitchen lighting

[Gad-Westy]

Does such a thing exist? I realise that the correct way to do this is to wire into the mains but I'm not prepared to pay for the expense of redecorating etc.. If there is a cost effective battery powered solution for occasional use though I'd be very interested.

[singlecoil]

What voltage and current draw does the lighting amount to? Would something like a small car battery do the job? If so, they hold plenty of power and assuming fairly light load might only need a recharge every week or so.

[singlecoil]

I've been thinking about this some more, and think I might have misinterpreted your requirements. Are you looking for (for instance) flourescent lights to go under the wall units each with its own battery? Is there no socket on that wall that you could plug a daisy chained set of lights into? If there are such sockets, and they are fully utilised alreay, there are conversion sockets available that will convert and exisiting twin socket into a triple.

[Blakeatron]

We have rechargable strip fluorescents at work for working in dark places, the smallest one is about 2' long and maybe 2" wide.

Some velcro on the back and voila you are away!

Sorry not sure on the make though!

[Simpo Two]

Many places sell battery powered LED lights about 3" diameter - you just stick them on.

[Gad-Westy]

Cheers all. Will investigate further

[Simpo Two]

Or you can pillage the electricity supply from your cooker hood and rout channels for it down the back of your cabinets, then a well aimed hole through the base...