Can you put pendant lights over an island with recessed cans?
Condo wiring and hidden transformers often make it difficult to bypass low-voltage converters for pendant fixtures without professional help. This limitation can stall a kitchen update, leaving homeowners unsure if rewiring is even possible before calling an electrician.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Looking for canned light to flush mount kits
- 2Planning to hire an electrician to check if rewiring is possible
- 3Modifying the ceiling hole size and rewiring connections into a separate junction box.
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I live in a condo and probably can't rewire things to bypass the converter. Before I pay an electrian to come out and tell me it's not possible I'm hoping to see what your thoughts are on it.”source ↗
“You need to shut off the breaker pop that box out cut the hole the right size to fit that light and then wire that wire into the junction box. It’s a little bit of work, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing.”source ↗
Where this came up
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