[JavaBrewer]

Our kitchen came with under cabinet mini florescents in the kitchen. I really disliked the color (a blue/white) and the slight flicker they gave off. I replaced them with the Hampton Bay puck lights. I tapped into the existing power and ran it to the top of the cabinets and put the puck lights up there as well. Also added a couple puck lights inside the cabinets that had glass front doors. All my electrical connections occur in several elec boxes on top of the cabinets. Following that I went "puck crazy" and added them as accent lights to several of our furniture pieces that had glass/display/iron work on the front. I'm probably running 18 of these suckers at any given time.

It looks really really nice and the light from the Halogen bulbs is much warmer and inviting. They do produce heat and some bulbs seem to last a year where others last 2-3 months with nearly constant use when we're home. Bulbs are $5.00/each.

This is a very low cost approach though over the years you will spend some money on replacement bulbs and I'm guessing these turkeys burn more juice than the alternatives. I also replaced all our ceiling can light bulbs with Halogen versions. The difference in light quality is astounding. Again I'm probably paying for it in my monthly electric bill but to me it's totally worth it. YMMV.