under cabinet lighting

[cjmeyer]

Has anyone ever run across a clean way to feed power to kitchen undercabinet lighting ?

A standard receptacle is too large to mount in the 1 1/2" recess area under a wall cabinet unless a cabinet skirt molding is used.

I've heard of hiding a receptacle inside the cabinet, but is there any other way to do this and still be code compliant ?

 

[electricmanscott]

Re: under cabinet lighting

Hardwire the light. No receptacle needed.

 

[a.wayne3@verizon.net]

Re: under cabinet lighting

We hard wire all under cab.lights,S.O.P.is to set a J box either behind fridge,or range or in a closet nearest to the area then feed each u/c/l with one piece of nm rather than loop them.This makes it so much easier to trim out,especially with the smaller halogen fixtures.