RBM wrote:

"MiamiCuse" wrote in message
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I have planned a series of recessed lights in the kitchen, along the
cabinets about 36" from the wall (counter top would be 24" out) so it will
be 12" beyond the counter top.

One of them I centered on the stove to give some lights to the stove while
cooking, although the range hood has lights too.

I started to read and some literature says that lighting that is near a
range hood especially a stainless steel one is very bad because it cast
the light on the shiny surface, then create a glare effect to the person
cooking and it's a major no no.

Do some of you have lights over the stove and this is indeed a problem?
Is it better to move it to either side?

On the other side where the sink is (and where food prep happens) I am
putting in lights right at 24". I have no top cabinets there.

On the stove side I do have top cabinets sp right now I am planning 36"
out.

Thanks,

MC
I try to space them so they're on both sides of the hood, not directly over
it, and at 25" out, so YOU, are not casting a shadow on the counter in
front of you

Angle of incidence = angle of reflection. If the light is directly over,
you will only get glare if you are also directly over at which point
you're blocking the light anyway.

Splitting the light to either side reduced the head blocking the light
issue, however, when cooking 95% of the time you are looking from a foot
or two back.