Under Cabinet Lighting

[thin estuary]

Does anyone have recommendation's for Under Cabinet Lighting that can be dimmed on a wall switch, rbg, scenes, etc? I am set uo for zwave, zigbee, matter over thread, and wifi. I don't need the wall switch and my strips work great, but my wife is adamant that she needs the UC lights on a switch that can be dimmed on that same switch. I can't seem to find anything that will also integrate with HA with my feature requirements and be controlled/dimmed on a wall switch.

[nimble void]

what country are you in? (can make a difference due to power systems)
do you already have have light strips and a driver? what do actually have right now?

[thin estuary]

@nimble void great questions. I should have included that info. I am in the U.S. I currently have Govee UC strip lights plugged into an outlet. Got these before I ever got into HA, but they work great with HA. I am moving/building a new home. The new UC lights will be hardwired. I have not bought any light strips or a driver yet. I have a few weeks before install. That said, it shouldn't be difficult to change them out in the future if needed. I am very comfortable with basic electrical work and have a close friend who is an electrician if I need serious work done. It's just wasted $$ if end up going through multiple fixtures in the long run.

[nimble void]

So the approach i would go with is some kind of smart driver then some kind of smart dimmer rotary switch. it wouldn't have to wired "dumb style" you could have your switch battery powered and put it wherever you want it?

Or you could go with a dumb dimmable driver and get a smart dimmer switch thats wired to it on the wall.

Do you have a preferred direction on how you see it working?

[grim aurora]

I'm not sure about a commercial product, but I have used WLED on an ESP. I would recommend looking at https://quinled.info/ for some options (you would use a pin header to connect an on / off switch or a rotary controller).

[thin estuary]

My wife wants to be able to dim all the UC lights on one switch, and I want them to integrate with HA, for automations and scenes. The wiring is already ran, and that isn't going to change. Two walls of UC lighting are run to the same switch. Will likely end of running light strips and put them on a smart dimmer switch. I will likely need to give up the rbg since that can't be controlled via the switch. And my wife wants to be able to dim at normal soft white tones in the morning and evening. She thinks the various colors for holidays, sporting events, etc is cool, but not cool enough to lose the "always dimmable at soft white color via wall switch". This is a 100% non-negotiable. If the uc lights are set to blue for example and she goes to dim them before bed, they would need to automatically switch the cool white when she starts dimming them on the switch.

[grim aurora]

If you are stuck with the wiring already run then addressable is almost certainly out of the equation. Your options are going to be limited as I guess that it will have to be mains voltage based.

[vocal rain]

Reviving this to avoid creating a new related thread. What's a good solution for in the US when not needing to adapt existing lights? I have nothing for the lights yet, but looking to put two strips (one under cabinets on either side of my stove)

I was recommended the Aqara T1 but I can't seem to find them anywhere.

[eager acorn]

I'm using a ZEN31 for 3 white LED strips. One on each channel. Got a 120W LED Power Supply to drive it. Lesson learned: use a lower gauge (thicker) wire or double up wires for power. Broke 2 ZEN31s before realizing what happened! Lesson learned #2: for strip connectors, don't use the kind that pierces the wire. The connection degrades over time. Get the ones that you screw down.