Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - I screwed up

I had new kithcen countertops put in and just finished my tile backsplash last week. All of a sudden I want to add undercabinet lighting to spice up my counters and thought to myself, why the hell did I not do this while the backsplash wall was exposed to only drywall. Now I am in kind of a bind cause hard wiring the cabinet lighting would have been the best way to go. Anyway, what kind of alternatives do I have and which would be the best quality as far as lighting should I get? Thanks in advance

Now that you've had some practice tiling a backsplash, it'll take you a lot less time the second go-round, and you might even do a better job.

You can still install the under cabinet lights. It will just be a bit more difficult. For a good quick article go here: How to Install Under-Cabinet Kitchen Lighting: Preparation | Kitchens | Reader's Digest (http://www.rd.com/how-to-install-under-cabinet-kitchen-lighting/article17763.html)
Your options are to run your wire runs through your lower cabinets and fish up your walls and poke out just below your uppers. You could even remove your uppers so that you can make bigger holes to grab the cables when fishing.
Or, if you have a unfinished basement below or attic above you can run your cables that way and fish up or down. It would be nice to fish a switch some place too.

I personally like the Xeon lights from American Fluorescent: American Fluorescent Lighting, Residential Lighting, Commercial Lighting, Decorative Lighting (http://www.americanfluorescent.com/display/products/products.cgi?id_num=40584&category_id=20002&catalog_id=10001&group_id=30005) I like them because they give a nice light. They are dimmable (as well a low and high setting) and they are linkable so you only have to feed them once per upper group. IMO direct wired is a must. Plug in cords really make a poor looking job. These do come with plug in cord adapters if you want to see how they look.

When you look for a power source you cannot use the small appliance circuits that serve the countertop receptacles.

Thanks for the info. I did find a plug in system that I like and think I will go with it. Would I be able to use the receptacle that powers my overhead microwave. The reason I ask is because the receptacle is hidden inside the cabinet that sits above my overhead microwave. Thanks in advance.

No, that circuit is restricted to that appliance only. You need a new circuit or tie it into the kitchen lighting circuit.

Check on back sides of the kitchen walls. You may find a receptacle or lighting circuit that you can tap off of there.

When you look for a power source you cannot use the small appliance circuits that serve the countertop receptacles.

Excellent advice. That helps me with my own project.

I have been doing a little more research on my kitchen and I think I want to go back to the hard wire installation. I do have a light switch on my counter that turns on my over the sink light. Could I tie into this switch for my undercabinet lights. Also, how would I go about the hardwire installation? Thanks in advance.

You can use the over the sink light as your source of power as long as there is enough circuit capacity for your new loads.

Perhaps if you tell the system that you want to use you can get better instructions to continue your project.