How to Add Task Lighting to a Kitchen | Ask This Old House
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- This Old House host Kevin O'Connor works with an electrician to help a couple add task lighting to their dark kitchen in Brooklyn, New York.
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Kevin helps a couple add task lighting to their dark kitchen in Brooklyn.
Expert assistance with this project was provided by Vinnie Verderosa of Supercharged Electric [superchargedele...].
The slim fluorescent fixtures Vinnie installed above and below the cabinets are manufactured by Jesco Lighting [www.jescolight...]. The model number is SP4-16/30.
Shopping List for How to Add Task Lighting to a Kitchen:
Old-work recessed lights, used to replace existing ceiling fixtures
Fluorescent task lights, for installation above and below the cabinets
Junction boxes, used to house wire connections
Armor-sheathed cable and cable connectors, used to power the new light fixtures
Twist-on wire connectors, for joining the wires
Interconnect cable
Tools List for How to Add Task Lighting to a Kitchen:
Flat pry bar, used to remove old ceiling light fixtures
Cordless drill and 3/4-inch-diameter hole saw, for drilling cable holes
Drywall saw
Reciprocating saw with metal-cutting blade, used to saw through hanger bar
Wire strippers
Screwdriver
Oscillating multi-tool, used, if necessary, to trim the cabinet
Steps for How to Add Task Lighting to a Kitchen:
1. Turn off the power to the kitchen lights at the main electrical panel.
2. Disconnect the existing ceiling light fixtures and pry the electrical boxes from the ceiling.
3. Use a reciprocating saw with a metal-cutting blade to saw through the old hanger bar, then bend the bar out of the way.
4. Take the template from the new recessed-light kit and hold it over the hole in the ceiling.
5. Trace around the template and then enlarge the hole with a drywall saw. Repeat for the other recessed light.
6. Run a length of armor-sheathed cable from one recessed fixture to the other. Be sure to use an approved cable connector to secure the cable to the box.
7. Make the wire connections inside the fixtures' junction boxes using twist-on wire connectors.
8. Push the recessed fixtures up into the ceiling, then engage the pressure clips to lock the fixtures onto the ceiling.
9. To install over-cabinet lights, start by removing the switch plate and switch from the switch box on the wall.
10. Cut a small access hole in the wall above the upper cabinets to expose the metal wall stud.
11. Drill a 3/4-inch-diameter hole through the stud and through the wall directly above the upper cabinet.
12. Run a length of armor-sheathed cable from the top of the cabinet, through the hole in the stud, and down to the switch box on the wall.
13. Screw a junction box to the top of the cabinet and feed the end of the cable into the box. Use an approved cable connector to secure the cable.
14. Run a second cable from the junction box on top of the cabinet, down the wall, and to the underside of the cabinet.
15. Install a second junction box to the underside of the cabinet. Connect the lower end of the second cable to the under-cabinet box.
16. Screw metal mounting clips to the underside of the cabinet, directly behind the face frame, then snap on the fluorescent light fixtures.
17. Install one light fixture under each cabinet. Join the fixtures together with interconnect cables.
18. If necessary, use an oscillating multi-tool to cut away part of the cabinet to allow the cable to lie flat.
19. Repeat Steps 16 and 17 to install fluorescent light fixtures on top of the cabinets.
20. Reinstall the light switches and turn the power back on.
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I like how Vinnie explains everything he's doing and why.
Very old technology though?
same
Vinnie was very thorough.
Awesome Vinnie Great Job ! 👍
This was an amazing lighting improvement
I did my kitchens under cabinet lightning my self, looks great. I appreciate the work done in this video.
Send this guy to my House !!!
Great job, Great step by step explanation....five ☆
Lol those lights look terrible.
I can almost hear "Ahhhhhhhhhh" sound when you turn on the under/over cabinet lights, amazing job. I hope someone came back and fixed that drywall, though.
***** Doesn't look like they patched anything, you can see the rectangle cut still there.
@samsungnz1in
@@HeadingForTomorrow I'd let them.install it then when I'm due to pay say I'm not happy theres hokes everywhere not oaging lol then fix myself lol
When Vinnie was explaining everything to Ellie I feel like he was talking to me as I genuinely tried to understand what’s going on 😝. Wish I had electrician skills like Vinnie.
wow. exsctly what I need!
I don't understand why they haven't installed a two gang box and installed two three-pole switches for the ceiling lights. Vinny said they've much space in the ceiling so they could have fished through the traveler wires.
4:14 My response would be, "Yea, sure Vinny, you can do what ever you want, just don't cut me up like the goodfella I know you are." D=
Incredible
Vinnie good job
I think the reason they had two lights on two switched on the opposite side of the room is because there is two entrances to the kitchen. Now they have to go to the other side of the kitchen to turn on the lights if they are coming from what looks to be the hallways for bedrooms maybe.
But they still should have had both lights wired together. Just use 3-way switches.
Grateful Dude - Electrician was just lazy and didn't want to upgrade the 1-gang box in the kitchen to a 2-gang, adding a new second switch for the cabinet lighting.
Tips
Whenever you cut drywall, try to cut it in a 45 degree angle on all 4 sides, it will make the patch job a lot cleaner and easier.
45 degree angle in which direction?
Nowadays LED strips are the ticket.
That's what I put in mine. Low voltage LED strip that's on a dimmer.
That's what we install all the time. I've never installed mercury tubes for under cabinet lighting.
Pluff Mudd that they are!
Win win low power consumption too
Fluorescent lights are however still very popular
Awesome, although at the end, they stood in front of the recessed lights. :(
I would of put a three way for the over head lights cause you can come in the kitchen from two different doors
I like this electrician
Please tell me this is a re upload and they didnt install florescent lights in 2015
WOW - how does the conduit magically appear all ready to hook up already IN the ceiling?? COOL.
From the old light that was replaced?
Matthew Feith - One light was moved about two feet from original junction and the second light needed rerouted to the first light.
snaking it must have too too long to film lol
That’s slick
anything free sounds great to me also lol
Cool
I say it's a bit too bright under and above the cabinets.
well said.
Camera is bad at picking up lighting. Especially in a drastic change. You don't know until in person
@@Brennyboy69
Fixed ISO I guess
I never noticed he just placed the square he cut out of the plasterboard and put it back in and left it like that 😂
I presume the homeowner will tape/mud it in later.
@@philhemenway3503 that homeowner had no hands though?
wish they would show more of the finished job...
I like the intro music they used. Is there somewhere I could download it from?
I'll replace existing luminaires too, like on the video on reflectors for T5 or T8 Fluorescsent Fluorescsent with electronic ballasts (control gears) and Junction boxes on tops of reflectors. Stand of the exiting luminaires I'll cut the celling Drywall saw or perforator under the Fluorescsent tube reflector.
Good job sir😉😉😉💪💪
Did he say "Brooklyn" or "Brookline?"
Seeing as the electricians name is Vinny, I'm guessing Brooklyn.
Light it up yoooo!!!
Please come do that to my house!
I like the quick cord from lite to lite. But I like zee lites better.
Should of done recess light 3ways there 2 switch both leads to kitchen
One was for the task lights and the other was for the recessed lights
id demo that whole kitchen
Missed opportunity to make the recessed lighting a 3-way switch and add the cabinet lights to a new work 2-gang box.
I realize this is old, but: is there any place in today’s home kitchen for fluorescent lights? Seems like LED would be the only way to go.
So many things I’d have done differently.... LEDs for sure, and the recessed cans would have been moved, 4”, and halogen or LED. And the far switch Lutron caseta with remote by the other switch.
LEDs were available then?
Keyboard electrician alert
Led was available 6 years ago, why wasn’t it the choice?
Overkill for a kitchen. Who needs above cabinet lighting? What is the purpose?
They could’ve at least put less bright ones.
Why not cut the bigger hole in the ceiling and then cut the bar after?
Next episode
Lady call these guys again I notice I don't have a window
old house guys
Now you will have a natural light.
Who makes the under cabinet lights in this video?
I feel like every guy named Vinnie is from Brooklyn.
We already used Led strips 3 years ago ... but hey we are in Europe ... 😀 one day it will come to the US.
I know it's an old comment, but this is an even older episode. I believe it was filmed in the early to mid 2000s when white LEDs were fairly new, very expensive, and horrible CRI. We've had LED tape lights here for about forever, too. Modern LED tape lights are definitely a huge upgrade over fluorescent strip lights.
LED is the only Wat to go, it's 2019!!
It's from 2009, and LED tape lights weren't readily available at big box stores. Even LED puck lights were hard to come by, and expensive.
Should have wired the ceiling lights to use both switches, and LED strips for the cabinets with another switch.
They had LED strips way back when?
@@drippingwax - Yes. Been lightning up motorcycles and under cars for years.
LED strips have been around for over 10 years to put behind TVs.
I also replaced my shop fluorescent tubes with LED ones years ago.
Can the new lights be wired to a dimmer?
If the fixture is compatible with the switch than yes, u can still do it regardless but may hear a buzzing noise
Still poor lighting, or my kitchen is so bright. Only 5 recessed lights on 17x19 ceiling.
Who is the guy at the end?
plz make a vid How to put lights on the roof
Lights in a roof?
they need a vid on how to put lights inside the toilet
Wow! Cutting that ridge just to hide the cable removed about 90% of the material. Why not drill a hole into the ridge to run the cable ? At least I hope he repositioned the ridge elsewhere if possible. Nowdays the led cables are much thinner at least.
I would have liked him to show how we wired them all up so they all worked on one switch. "And I did this", no explanation or demonstration.
+cgriesemer It's pretty simple. The switch for the counter lighting was simply re-routed to go above the cabinet as they showed. The wire that originally ran from switch to the 1st ceiling light was capped or removed. After the job was done, the switch in the kitchen controls power to the small boxes above and below the cabinets.
+Will Heineman If I was going to attempt what is mentioned in this video, I'd want to watch to see how its done.
he does. Watch at 4:04
+Will Heineman I think we are talking about different things. I was referring to the can lighting at the beginning, you are right, he does show how to do the lighting in the second half, but the recessed lighting wiring came with no explanation.
You're right. At 3:03, he does say how he ran wire between them, but really doesn't show that at all.
How u cut the right size for the recessed lighting??
They come with a template
At the 2:50 minute mark, I see the built in Wagos. Why use wire nuts when one can use the speedy Wagos??????
Second video I've seen where the electrician decides to use a wire nut instead. Wagos are great, they aren't gonna fail. Stubborn.
Wagos can be unreliable in means of connection. Wirenuts are still popular.
Under cabinet lighting useful, over cabinet lighting wasteful.
It's supposed to add to the ceiling fixtures but yes they are kinda of a waste
JesseFernandesTV with those big cans they are but gets rid of hard shadows above the cabinets being there's a lot of empty room
Powerful enough lights with color temperature about 5500K around the ceiling in a molding = indirect light. Much better overall illumination with no sharp shadows.
Above cabinet lights are much better suited for an open kitchen to accent as a type of "mood" light. I almost exclusively wire them to a dimmer switch when I install them.
Wuda gonna do about it😂
LED 15 watts = Incandescent 100 Watts
I agree with you that LED units are much more energy efficient, but the bulbs used in the video are fluorescent and not incandescent.
fluorescent lol
Where did Scott go
it's an old show guys. it just goes to show that new home needs change very frequently especially in the most used living spaces. so when remodeling remember its never the last time even if you think it is.lol.
This old condominium
Oh my could they find some bigger can lights? Why not add more can lights than just the two, you're already up there should have added a bunch of lights
4:44 more garbage in the wall LOL
I hope they removed the upper cabinets because they are taking up tons of space also blocking a lot of light and dealing with can lights by them radiating heat you are supposed to add blocking between the joist and create a box for the can and move the insulation out the way so the recess can heat dont heat the insulation and cause a fire..
What those walls are made of?
plasterboard
Dingus, you cut the part of the hole where you remove the tiny bit of Sheetrock first not last, less chance of ruining the ceiling.
A guy named Vinny in Brooklyn and nobody made a mob joke?
I'm surprised he doesn't paint houses.
The last guy who made a mob joke has been on vacation for a very long time.
Who the heck uses florescent light anymore, especially under a cabinet. I like to use the new modern LED pucks that have no wires, they come with a remote and you can dim them, and some you can even change the color of the light.
This is a very old episode.
Metal stud the heck?
Why didnt he do it 3way
should be using LED
@Rob T Yeah... if they had it or if it was cheap,enough then
Should've done LED
1 day 1inch recessed lights will come to the us not 12 inch
The pink walls have to go girl , yuk 👎 under cabinet lighting & upper HOT ! Wow !
Very old episode
Why not LED?
Longer lasting and more power efficiency
This was posted in 2015 and probably filmed earlier. LEDs weren't as available then as now. And much more expensive.
Metal studs... flexible conduit... what the hell kind of house is this?
Probably a high rise condo.
Its a condo
JB Garros ok
A little cut. Haha
Task lighting......under cabinets
those cabinet lights are way too bright.
Michael Lemontzis she's likes it bright.
Where’s tommy?! ☹️
Agus Tino 😶
Seems like a bit much..
Now all you gotta do is replace that hideous kitchen cabinetry.
This is really old - the fixtures nowadays are much smaller and you don't need that big hole
He looks like he is having trouble he could of just done a 3way so the home owner would’ve had an option of turning on and off the lights from either way
You guys can spend a little more time on explaining the details of the job
also, personally I think it was a crappie segment in general. there's alot wrong with the overall lighting design. don't call in a electrician to do kitchen design. just saying.
+christian bernoe who should one call ? I want to do this.
+Max Tor
interior designer? Or figure out it yourself and then call an electrician and tell him what to do.
I wouldn't call it crappy given the type of residence this is- tract home or cookie cutter condo. I don't mean it as disrespect but it's certainly not a custom or luxury home and whereas a person living in a $5 million house wouldn't care much if you spent $1000 on top of the line LED fixtures from a designer store, another couple of thousand and brought in a design team, etc, a customer like her likely would want something affordable from Home Depot that gets the job done even if it's not glamorous.
I think it's decently set up. It's not crappy, that's for sure. They made sure to hide most of the wires and did the little touches that make it awesome. Plus they can upgrade to LED or change things up later.
Arie there is no such thing as designer LEDs. this is not victoria's secret or some supermodel show, its light fixtures for a damn house regardless of price.
really - this is NOT the way to do things! I think the very WORST gaffe was when the handyman cut right THROUGH the structural beam of the cabinet to hide the lighting cable - when it really ought to have been done with a drill (no more than 1/4" bit) through the CENTRE of it. that way very little of the carrying capacity of the structural element would be compromised....
Seriously? The dado holding the bottom panel is structure. The rest below it doesn't do anything. Maybe hold the faceframe but that's about it. So unless you hit the faceframe with a hammer a few times, there's no problem.
it's a hack and you can probably 'get away' with it but there are WAY cleaner and better ways to go if one is going to have just a little pride in one's work... hell - why not just tape an extension cord over the front of the cabinet then? looks like hell but 'there's no problem'...
He would have tosplice the cable to get it through the hole, code wont allow it you mst be a cabinet maker, boo hoo lol.
Kevin insults there house and criticizes there kitchen. Why do they bring him along??? Lol he is useless.
Why spend hundreds of dollars on stupid light fixtures and all those unnecessary wiring like a 12-2 AWG. Go on amazon and buy yourself a 16 foot led wiring 5M any kind you want for like under 20$ and install that shit yourself like how i did.
6:16 I love that smell
How blind is she if she can’t see what’s she’s doing
Za
This guy is hooked-on Fluorescent lighting. Not very cutting-edge! I've been using LEDs for a decade now
IT Is not a LED light correct it !!