Installation of Under Cabinet Lighting

Installation of Under Cabinet Lighting

Under cabinet lights can make or break a kitchen.  They can add instant and real appeal to a space, but they have to meet certain criteria.  They have to be effective task lights.  They have to add the right "ambiance". They have to match up with your current lighting scheme, and finally they have to work well and last a long time.

A well-lit kitchen begins with undercabinet task lighting. These hidden fixtures, which are fairly easy to retrofit beneath upper wall cabinets, bathe the countertop in bright white light—a boon for everything from dicing veggies to reading recipes. Connect the fixtures to a dimmer switch, and you also have the key to dramatic accent lighting or a night light for midnight snackers.
If you're a bit tentative about working with electricity, don't worry. This installation is simple and shock-free, as long as you cut the juice at the breaker box first.

Step 1: Trace outline of new electrical box
Turn off the electricity to the kitchen at the main electrical panel. To be sure the power is off, plug a radio into the countertop wall outlet you'll be tapping for electricity, and make sure the radio remains silent when switched on. Or you can use a lamp — and make sure it doesn't light.
Unscrew the wall plate, then disconnect the wires from the receptacle and remove it from the electrical box.
The box is nailed to a wall stud on one side or the other. Find out which by peeking between the sides of the box and the drywall.
Hold a two-gang, old-work electrical box over the existing box in the wall so the expansion of the hole is on the unattached side of the existing box — away from the stud — and then trace around it with a pencil.

Step 2: Remove old electrical box
After enlarging the hole, make sure the cable coming into the electrical box is loose, then use a flat pry bar to remove it.

Step 3: Run a new length of cable
Hold the light fixture in place and locate the prescored knockout hole in the back.
Mark the wall straight out from this "knockout" plug. Use a stud finder to see if there's a wall stud between the mark and the hole for the electrical box. If so, move your mark to the other side of the stud.
Use a ½-inch-diameter spade bit to drill through the wall directly below the upper wall cabinet.
Cut a length of 12/2 NM (nonmetallic) electrical cable long enough to reach from the ½-inch hole to the two-gang box hole, plus 24 inches.
Feed one end of the cable into the ½-inch hole bored in the upper backsplash wall.
Then gently reach into the hole where the electrical box will be installed, grab the cable end and pull it through into the kitchen.

Step 4: Install the light fixture
Remove the cover and the metal socket strip that holds the bulbs from the light fixture so you have room to work.
Hold the fixture against the underside of the cabinet, then slide it forward until it's hidden behind the cabinet's front edge.
Screw it to the cabinet with the screws provided.
Use a slotted screwdriver to pry the round knockout plug from the rear of the light fixture.

Step 5: Install cable connector
Install a cable connector in the knockout hole to hold the cable in place and protect it from the fixture's sharp edges.
Strip away 6 inches of the outer plastic sheathing from the end of the cable.
Feed the cable through the connector.
Tighten the connector screws to secure the cable. Be sure the connector clamps down on the cable's plastic sheathing, not the individual wires.

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