If you glance around your home, you’ll notice that many light fixtures are connected directly to the line voltage of your electrical system. Line voltage (also known as high voltage, or what is commonly referred to as household current), is the standard voltage -120 volts- that’s found in outlets and junction boxes here in the U.S. Line voltage fixtures are used for many types of traditional lighting including ceiling lighting and sconces. Low voltage LED lighting, which we’ll be discussing throughout this post, uses less than 50 (typically 12 or 24) volts of power. Low voltage lighting got its start in American residential settings in the 1950s. Originally developed to facilitate landscape lighting, low voltage lighting soon made its way indoors and is now very common for lighting applications like recessed lighting, track lighting, under cabinet lighting, strip and tape lighting, and more. So what’s the deal with low voltage…