General purpose receptacle

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Is there a restriction in the NEC concerning the installation of a duplex receptacle above a fireplace?
 
You would have to account for the maximum temperature the wire would face when the fireplace is in use, Then choose the proper wiring method. you would not want a short cause the insulation failed on you. Start at 310.10.
 
Plakerio said:
You would have to account for the maximum temperature the wire would face when the fireplace is in use, Then choose the proper wiring method. you would not want a short cause the insulation failed on you. Start at 310.10.
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Fireplace is one of those package units that slide into a hole and uses triple lined flue pipe. Cavity is framed in with 2X4's and drywall. Owner wants to install a flat screen tv above the fireplace , so that's where the receptacle comes in.
 
NEC? No. Yet, I seem to remember the last direplace had something in the directions that led me to use MC, as opposed to Romex, for that particular receptacle.
 
Plakerio said:
You would have to account for the maximum temperature the wire would face when the fireplace is in use, Then choose the proper wiring method. you would not want a short cause the insulation failed on you. Start at 310.10.
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I've never known the wiring to be in a fireplace area where the temperature would be a concern.
 
renosteinke said:
NEC? No. Yet, I seem to remember the last direplace had something in the directions that led me to use MC, as opposed to Romex, for that particular receptacle.
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If part of the intention of the fire place is to provide heat for the room it is in then this would not be a very efficient installation.

I can't recall ever having a fireplace mantle where the customer did not want a receptacle. They always find something to plug in there.
 
dec said:
Fireplace is one of those package units that slide into a hole and uses triple lined flue pipe. Cavity is framed in with 2X4's and drywall. Owner wants to install a flat screen tv above the fireplace , so that's where the receptacle comes in.
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No issues. Wire it with plastic nail-on and NM or whatever you're using elsewhere.
 
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