Min distance from edge of sink to nearest electric outlet.
Kitchen outlet distance from sink. If the outlet was installed before gfci protection was required it can be a standard outlet. This applies even if there isn t a nearby sink such as on. The potential hazard created by locating a receptacle. Chris you are correct.
Gfci outlet distance from sink. The socket has been added to an existing ring which is only fuse protected no rcd. I m wondering if this is allowed by code. September 23 2006 1 51 pm.
Also 300mm between the sink drainer and socket outlet. 5 2 a distance of 300mm between the hob edge and socket outlet. The nec requires that any kitchen countertop that s at least 12 inches wide and 24 inches deep must be equipped with electrical outlets. My understanding is outlets near water sources have to be gfi.
They are about 6in away from the edge and about 1ft up. But for laundry receptacle there is not any code language like that. There seems to be mixed opinions on the distance a socket can be from a sink some think it doesn t matter if it has 30ma rcd protection and others say different but all socket outlets should be. For some strange reason i had kitchen counter outlets in my mind.
Whilst there is no direct regulation an iee publication called electricians guide to the building regulations shows on page 61 fig. There is no minimum distance from a kitchen sink. Then it would have to comply with wall counter space. In my considered opinion you may have problem.
Can a receptacle outlet be mounted face up horizontally on a countertop. Min distance from edge of sink to nearest electric outlet showing 1 37 of 37 messages. 210 8 ground fault circuit interrupter protection for personnel. Also this is in ca if that matters.
Receptacles along the back of a kitchen countertop around a sink must placed so that no point along the back of the countertop is more than two feet from a receptacle but the area directly behind the sink is excluded. I have 2ea 4 plug outlets on either side of my kitchen sink. Part of an office area has been converted to a kitchen there is an aluminium sink with copper pipework within reaching distance of a 240v outlet socket. Gfci as of 1993 electric companies started requiring that all outlets have ground fault circuit interrupters or gfci.
There is no gfi on either outlet.