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The Kitchen Lighting Page

It has been said that "the kitchen is the central most common room for a family". It also probably gets the most use during the day.

A kitchen's lighting plan must accommodate for the hectics of cooking a holiday meal to the quietness of getting a late night glass of water.

In my opinion, recessed lights are the "main course" (best) for kitchen lighting. Here are the reasons I feel this way:

When installing recessed in a kitchen area, the recessed fixtures should be placed in a way to give a smooth even light around the cabinet and counter top areas. Don't worry about centering a recessed directly over your cabinets. If you do, this may give a spotty light. Try to keep a spacing of three to four feet between the recessed in most cases.

Try to position two fixtures instead of one in the cook top and sink area. With two fixtures, this will help cancel out the shadow of the other light. Example

I like to have the recessed fixtures installed about twenty four inches out from the wall. This places the fixture about at the counter top edge. This seems to give the best light. Any farther out and it creates a shadow if your working at the counter. Any closer than twenty four inches and the shadow under the cabinet will start to increase. Example

Recessed lighting is not the only type of lighting that works for kitchens. Center mounted surface fixtures are also used. This can be incandescent or fluorescent type fixtures.

Please feel free to look at a few of the kitchen lighting examples below

Island lighting

Recessed lighting page

 Undercabinet lighting

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Island light examples

Close up of hanging island lights

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Hockey puck lights

Fluorescent

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Kitchen Outlets:

Here are some codes that deal directly with outlets in a kitchen. Keep in mind that these are not all of the codes for kitchen outlets.

210-52(c) Countertops. In kitchens and dining rooms of dwelling units, receptacle outlets for counter spaces shall be installed in accordance with (1) through (5).
(1) Wall Counter Spaces. A receptacle outlet shall be installed at each wall counter space that is 12 in. (305 mm) or wider. Receptacle outlets shall be installed so that no point along the wall line is more than 24 in. (610 mm), measured horizontally from a receptacle outlet in that space.
(2) Island Counter Spaces. At least one receptacle outlet shall be installed at each island counter space with a long dimension of 24 in. (610 mm) or greater and a short dimension of 12 in. (305 mm) or greater.
(3) Peninsular Counter Spaces. At least one receptacle outlet shall be installed at each peninsular counter space with a long dimension of 24 in. (610 mm) or greater and a short dimension of 12 in. (305 mm) or greater. A peninsular countertop is measured from the connecting edge.
(4) Separate Spaces. Countertop spaces separated by range tops, refrigerators, or sinks shall be considered as separate countertop spaces in applying the requirements of (1), (2), and (3).
(5) Receptacle Outlet Location. Receptacle outlets shall be located above, but not more than 18 in. (458 mm) above the countertop. Receptacle outlets shall not be installed in a face-up position in the work surfaces or countertops.

210-8. Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection for Personnel
(a) Dwelling Units. All 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed in the locations specified below shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel.
6. Kitchens. Where the receptacles are installed to serve the countertop surfaces

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