Jose F Rodriguez
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Are Receptacles allowed to installed inside Clothe Closet ?.
Unknown = fear= ban it
I have done a good amount of new homes, where the home-owner wants a receptacle in the closet specifically to charge their cell phone. Never had a problem with any inspector--they are more stringent on the placemnt of closet luminaires.
Unknown = fear= ban it
Any code rule against a receptacle inside a bathroom cabinet?
Yep, it's much safer to force the resident to use an extension cord running into the closet than it is to provide them with a receptacle to use in there. :wink:what will change it is a lawsuit.
Are you kidding? Everyone knows it's human nature to make toast in a clothes closet, if you install a receptacle in there.twoskinsoneman said:Besides I can't thing of a normal household load that wouldn't be safe in the coat closet.
........ Besides I can't thing of a normal household load that wouldn't be safe in the coat closet.
Cordless vacs. Rechargeable flashlights. As the OP stated, a cell phone charger.
In some cases, bedrooms get used as offices. I've been asked to wire 'clothes closets' for fax machines, copiers, coffee makers, microwave etc. because the owner wants to 'hide' the stuff in the closet. Granted, they're not using the closet for clothes, but for office storage.
..... What makes it a bedroom ?
Question 7: 780 CMR 3603.16.13 requires that an existing one- or two-family dwelling be provided with
a household fire warning system for new construction when one or more sleeping rooms are
added or created in the existing dwelling. What constitutes a bedroom under this Section?
Answer 7: The State Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS), as the Agency
promulgating the Massachusetts State Building Code, is the ?AUTHORITY HAVING
JURISDICTION? (AHJ) regarding the interpretation of regulations of the State Building
Code and has determined that it is the responsibility of the building owner or the agent of the
building owner to identify any new or newly created bedrooms or other space USES. If
submitted plans and/or narratives that describe the work intended identify such new additions
or newly created spaces as other than bedrooms then 780 CMR 3603.16.13 does not apply
(note that it is the ?REGULATED COMMUNITY? and not the ?REGULATOR? who
identifies, on plans and/or narratives submitted as part of the building permit application to
the Building Department, if a bedroom is being added or created).