SAD
12-31-2012, 01:14 PM
Our particular floor plan/arrangement has an island with the kitchen sink and cabinets with storage.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-81KZQ0YiLhk/T1ihA4XlJ8I/AAAAAAAABDQ/l3zoNBuoLIM/s800/IMG_0174.JPG
Whether you use the overhead lighting or the lighting over the stove... Doesn't matter. Bad shadows are cast making locating items in the cabinet beneath the sink a bit of a pain.
Welp.... $15 later for two "single" style lights and just a bit of wire and I've solved the problem.
Mounted 1 single for the upper shelf and the second single for the lower shelf/drawer.
Even in the pitch dark, finding items in the cabinet is now a snap.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Qk81pLtoCUs/UOH-L3ewNXI/AAAAAAAABI8/XXqBDTFNh30/s800/IMG_0398.JPG
Here with the camera's flash turned on, you can see the location of the upper shelf "single". Lower shelf/drawer's is mounted about the same.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SkX9JzYRKOw/UOH-Iyw45UI/AAAAAAAABI0/VB0YDWW4WHY/s800/IMG_0400.jpg
Right now each light is switched separately, so turning them on requires a reach into the cabinet. I plan on adding either a switch right at the opening (so no reaching is required), or a door-pin style switch such that they come on when the cabinet doors are opened.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-81KZQ0YiLhk/T1ihA4XlJ8I/AAAAAAAABDQ/l3zoNBuoLIM/s800/IMG_0174.JPG
Whether you use the overhead lighting or the lighting over the stove... Doesn't matter. Bad shadows are cast making locating items in the cabinet beneath the sink a bit of a pain.
Welp.... $15 later for two "single" style lights and just a bit of wire and I've solved the problem.
Mounted 1 single for the upper shelf and the second single for the lower shelf/drawer.
Even in the pitch dark, finding items in the cabinet is now a snap.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Qk81pLtoCUs/UOH-L3ewNXI/AAAAAAAABI8/XXqBDTFNh30/s800/IMG_0398.JPG
Here with the camera's flash turned on, you can see the location of the upper shelf "single". Lower shelf/drawer's is mounted about the same.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SkX9JzYRKOw/UOH-Iyw45UI/AAAAAAAABI0/VB0YDWW4WHY/s800/IMG_0400.jpg
Right now each light is switched separately, so turning them on requires a reach into the cabinet. I plan on adding either a switch right at the opening (so no reaching is required), or a door-pin style switch such that they come on when the cabinet doors are opened.