Lighting apparatus and associated method

An under-cabinet light and outlet strip for illuminating a surface area disposed below a cabinet, said under-cabinet light and outlet strip comprising:

• a portable light unit having a light source housed therein;
• a portable outlet unit removably conjoined directly to said light unit in such a manner that respective adjacent side panels of said light and outlet units are contiguously and linearly engaged;
• first and second male receptacles located along end panels of said light and outlet units respectively;
• a female receptacle located along said end panel of said outlet unit and positioned adjacent to said first male receptacle respectively;
• a ground fault interrupt circuit electrically coupled in series to said second male receptacle and said female receptacle of said outlet unit respectively;
• a linking cord having opposed male and female plugs removably and electrically coupled directly to said female receptacle of said outlet unit and said first male receptacle respectively;
• a power cord having a female plug directly and removably coupled to said second male receptacle and further having a male plug removably attachable to an external power supply source;
• a duplex outlet mounted to a top surface of said outlet unit and electrically coupled directly to said ground fault interrupt circuit;
• and,
• a switch mounted to said light unit and being electrically coupled directly to said first male receptacle and said light source respectively;
• wherein said second male receptacle is electrically coupled to said female receptacle and said ground fault interrupt circuit respectively;
• and,
• wherein said light and outlet units comprise:
• a plurality of posts and a plurality of sockets directly and removably engaged in such a manner that respective top surfaces and ends panels of said light and outlet units remain contiguously abutted in coplanar orientations respectively.