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Summary: A quick expectation check so you know where to improvise and where to follow closely.

What You’ll Get From This Guide

This walkthrough exists because I spent a lot of time piecing together information from videos, forums, product pages, and a few guesses. None of them matched my house or my exact situation, or they were lacking in the details I cared about. My hope is that by showing how I did my install, you can shortcut some of that research and avoid the little traps that slowed me down.

This guide explains the decisions I made, why I made them, what I’d repeat, and what I’d skip next time. If you want a practical record from someone who actually installed puck lights on a real house, that’s what you’ll find here.

What This Guide Won’t Do

This is not an authoritative reference for every home, layout, or wiring plan. I’m not covering every corner case or every possible component. My roofline, my tracks, and my control box shaped most of the choices here. Your setup might demand something different.

I also won’t try to standardize what “the right way” is. LED installs vary a lot. Power injection spacing, mounting methods, cable routes, and control hardware can all be solved in multiple ways. I show how I handled mine and share the reasoning behind it so you can adapt it to your own comfort level and house quirks.

Assumptions I Make

I assume you’re comfortable with general tools and minor home projects. You don’t need to be an electrician, but you should know the difference between positive and negative (or at least know that there is a difference!). You don’t need to be a contractor, but you should know not to blindly drill in to walls if there might be a pipe behind it.

If something seems off, stop and research it. When in doubt, ask someone.

Why I Documented My Approach

A lot of the questions I had early on were basic:

• How many lights do I really need
• Where does power injection actually matter
  • There is a ton of general info out there about this, but it was really difficult to find actual details for 24V lights
• How do you run cable between peaks
• What tools ended up being surprisingly helpful
• What extra items did I not realize I’d need until halfway through

Instead of keeping those answers scattered in my notes, this guide pulls everything together in one place (although it’s still kind of scattered… lol).

If You Want a Perfectly Polished Process

This isn’t that. I do have a lot of detail in here, but that’s mostly because I ramble a lot.

I’m not a professional installer. This reflects a project done by a regular homeowner working through real constraints. Sometimes I made choices that weren’t ideal but were practical. Sometimes I redid things. Sometimes I found a better way halfway through and wished I’d known sooner. Sometimes I went overkill on something just because I felt like it. You’ll see all of that here.

If you’re looking for a simple “copy this diagram and do exactly this,” you might get frustrated. There’s no way our houses are identical. But if you’re looking for perspective that helps you customize your own plan based on how I went through the whole process beginning to end, you’re in the right place.

My Writing Style

I tend to type a lot. Like, way too much. In fact, every single article I’ve published here has started out longer than what gets published; I have to widdle it down to the import details.

I have a habit of explaining the same idea in a couple different ways because I want to make sure what I said actually makes sense to everyone reading it. It’s not padding… it’s me trying to share enough details to make sure it’s understood correctly. So if something looks repetitive, think of it as me circling the topic from a slightly different angle to help it click.

I also use a lot oxford commas, bullet points, and em dashes. If you’re someone who knows AI well (especially ChatGPT) then you’ll know those are “tells”. I can assure you that despite what people who know me may say… I’m not a robot. I’m not saying I don’t use AI – in fact it helped me a number of times during the install process – but I have spent months making notes and typing this guide. I just felt the need to point out that yes, this is how I type… no, AI didn’t generate it.

My Design Style (and More Writing Style)

I am attempting to write this guide in a way that is loosely inspired by the “For Dummies…” series of books. I’m not actually dumbing things down in the same way, but I’m just taking inspiration from their style. That means:

• Conversational, friendly, and simple. I try to avoid jargon unless it’s needed.
• I try and follow the same overall structure in each section.
• Various icons and callouts to draw your attention to particularly important things. Like tips, warnings, and key points.
• Visually simple. I try to have a good amount of whitespace, short paragraphs, bulleted lists, etc.

Navigating

At the bottom of each page you’ll see buttons to navigate to the previous or next page, but that isn’t always the easiest way to get around unless you’re reading things cover to cover.

Table of Contents

The Table of Contents allows you to quickly jump to the article you’re looking for and also gives an overall summary of everything I talk about in this whole tutorial.

• If you’re viewing this page on a large enough screen then you’ll see it down the left side of the page.
• If you’re on a small screen or mobile device, you can click the ToC hamburger button at the top of the page to see it.

On This Page

The “On This Page” listing is similar to the ToC except it’s for the specific page you’re on. It allows you to jump between different sections on the page and to get an overall idea of what’s talked about on this page.

• On a large enough screen it will be down the right side of the page.
• If you’re on a small screen or mobile device, you can click the On this page button at the top of each page.

I Get It…

Alright, this page is getting too long. If you made it this far then you already have a good idea of how I write. If you haven’t been scared off then let’s keep going!