[djmcmath]

Door operated pantry light switch -- good call. Only real difficulty is providing power to said light. Getting the wiring diagram for your house is liable to be fairly challenging, and provide little or no insight as to how it's actually wired. Most building-types pay relatively little heed to the diagrams that they're supposed to be using for a roadmap. That said, you're liable to be able to find power in a number of places nearby, and if you don't mind ripping out chunks of your drywall in order to hunt down said power, you can probably make it work.

Recognize, BTW, that your house has 120V power running through those wires. 120V is more likely to kill you by stopping your heart than just about anything else. 450V and up will more likely throw you before it does any real damage. Less than 120V may not be able to put enough current in you to do the job. That said, of course, anything above about 30V _can_ kill you, though probably won't. So the right answer? Open the breakers to the whole house before you operate near any of the wiring.

Oh, and there's a pretty good risk of screwing it up and causing a fire, too.

Boy, now that I think about this a little more, maybe this isn't a good starter project for someone who's never played with electricity before...


Dan