[Greenbuilding] undercabinet fluorescent fixtures
Clarke Olsen
colsen at fairpoint.net
Wed Aug 17 09:13:18 CDT 2011
I make kitchen cabinets with the first shelf open: dishes and glasses are not ugly, and they are much handier without doors.
With a lip on the front that stiffens the shelf and hides the light, I've used T-5's lately, though T-4's would be skinnier.
Check the wattage to hold the light down to a level that works.
Clarke Olsen
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at fairpoint.net
On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Anne Judge wrote:
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> On Aug 16, 2011, at 11:55 PM, JOHN SALMEN wrote:
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>> Modern
>> residential kitchens were essentially designed by some rich brat in the 30's
>> so her staff would be more efficient??
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> My observation is that it's more like someone combined the pantries (storage and butler) and the kitchen (large working room with stove & work table etc.) into one room for more modest smaller houses. You'll find modern-looking upper & lower cabinets in late 19th-C upper class butler's pantries. Their upper cabinets did just what most of mine do, store dishes. Don't knock it, I don't know where else I would want to keep them.
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> The problem looks to me that that changed what was mostly a staging area into a functional work surface. I think it worked pretty well, after raising the upper cabinet a bit & deepening the lower one, but it was a compromise. I certainly would never give up my upper cabinets to make it marginally more ergonomic.
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> Do you still find that modern LED undercounter lights are still not a really useful working light? I actually don't have under-cabinet lights and every so often look at them.
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> Anne
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