Adding LED light to kitchen pantry
Our kitchen pantry is really dark. So, I thought since the stove range hood is beside the pantry, I will just tap into a 12 volt wire of the range hood light, run a wire to the pantry and add a light....
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I'm happy to report a successful conclusion to the kitchen pantry light project. Thanks to D.E. Bishop and BTP01 for the suggestions. BTP01 pointed me in the right direction by suggesting that the white wire may be the 12 volt ground to use, and it was! The positive side of the LED lights is attached to the hot wire of the range hood light and the negative side is attached to the white wire 12 volt ground. The pantry lights will turn on and off independently of the range light and fan.
I added a door jamb switch so the light will come on when the pantry door is opened and turn off when the door is closed. The switch is connected to the negative side of the circuit. It all works great and my wife and I can actually see inside the pantry now. Excellent!
When taking the pictures I could only stand back far enough to get two of the three shelves in the picture, but you can see that the lights make a big difference. I have one 12 inch LED light bar above each shelf.
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I added a door jamb switch so the light will come on when the pantry door is opened and turn off when the door is closed. The switch is connected to the negative side of the circuit. It all works great and my wife and I can actually see inside the pantry now. Excellent!
When taking the pictures I could only stand back far enough to get two of the three shelves in the picture, but you can see that the lights make a big difference. I have one 12 inch LED light bar above each shelf.
Before
After
