Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - Help on Kitchen Undercabinet Lighting...

Hey all. We are thinking of redoing our kitchen and were thinking that under cabinet lighting would be a nice addition. I know that the hardwired version uses a transformer, but my big question is do the lights mounted under the cabinet protrude up into the cabinets and take away space? (kind of defeats the purpose)

The lights I saw at the diy store seem kind of big to go under the cabinet.

How are these lights for heat?? Generate a lot or are they dangerous?

any help or personal experience would be appreciated.
Thanks

I personally prefer fluorescent undercounter lights. They run cool, the bulbs last much longer and there is no transformer to mess with.

The more you pay, the thinner they get. The thinnest will usually fit behind the normal "apron" at the bottom of a cabinet without modification.

Thanks for your help! :)

The hot ones melt your chocolate chips stored in the cabinet.