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keith gigabyte

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So how do you guys do it? Most islands in resi kitchens I have done end up with a switch on them for pendant lighting servicing island. Currently I bring my wiring up through floor inside cabinet with a piece of wiremold. I surface Mount a wiremold box to the outside of cabinet..usually 2gang.. Then install my gfi and switch. I think using old work box and letting it stick in the cabinet is ugly. There is no void area to hide the box. Any ideas? Also was thinking of starting to use sealtite instead of wiremold....ideas? Thoughts?
 
I use a gangable Gem box for one to four devices. Bring your wires up through the back corner of the cabinet. Sealtight/Carflex is the standard procedure here. Be aware of drawer slides & shelves when planning your device location. Incursion of the storage space by my cut in box is tough. She will learn to live with it. A shallow Gem box is available however not gangable.

Keith with all respect; A two gang wiremold box surface mounted to the cabinet would be ugly. This would not fly with the caliber of homeowners that we work for.
 

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I agree with john 120/240 recess the box. I am currently working on a resto of a summer kitchen. The floor is concrete I saw cut the floor and placed a 1/2 in rigid conduit in stubbing up in a non drawer corner, the island is being special built. It will have a small corner chase for greenfield or sealtite to the box.
 
keith gigabyte said:
So how do you guys do it? Most islands in resi kitchens I have done end up with a switch on them for pendant lighting servicing island. Currently I bring my wiring up through floor inside cabinet with a piece of wiremold. I surface Mount a wiremold box to the outside of cabinet..usually 2gang.. Then install my gfi and switch. I think using old work box and letting it stick in the cabinet is ugly. There is no void area to hide the box. Any ideas? Also was thinking of starting to use sealtite instead of wiremold....ideas? Thoughts?
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I would not put the light switch in the island. Put it at an entrance to the room or use 3 and 4 ways for multiple entrances if desired. How often is the island not a central point of the room? How often is it convenient to just turn on a central light and no other lights when the room is not very busy? A switch at multiple entries easily makes this a "passageway" switching application if the layout works out that way, you could come in a dark room from one way, chances are the sink is at the island - seems to be a common place to stop for various reasons when coming to the kitchen, then you can leave the room via any other exit and turn off the light on the way out.

JMO.

If customer still wants a switch on the island then I guess they can still have one though.
 
Appreciate all the info..no offense taken from any..plates this for ideas. Yes these are not your average homes..just started getting into these upper end homes. As far as switches on island the home owner want these. Just so you know there were 20 light fixtures in 15x20 kitchen. Some recess cans some pendants some surface mount style decorative glass globes.


Always open to ideas to help my skills along.
 
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