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If there are two bowls in a bathroom vanity, is it required to install an outlet at each end? Putting one in the center is not an option.
... Putting one in the center is not an option.
I think he is saying there are unavoidable obstructions to installing a center receptacle.One in the center is an option. ...
Okay I read it as a ?.... I often post without the question mark -- I think you are correctI think he is saying there are unavoidable obstructions to installing a center receptacle.
If there are two bowls in a bathroom vanity, is it required to install an outlet at each end? Putting one in the center is not an option.
Nothing requires the receptacle to be adjacent to the sink,
210.52(D) Bathrooms. In dwelling units, at least one receptacle
outlet shall be installed in bathrooms within 900 mm (3 ft)
of the outside edge of each basin. The receptacle outlet
shall be located on a wall or partition that is adjacent to the
basin or basin countertop, located on the countertop, or
installed on the side or face of the basin cabinet. In no case
shall the receptacle be located more than 300 mm (12 in.)
below the top of the basin. Receptacle outlet assemblies
listed for the application shall be permitted to be installed
in the countertop.
And I will disagree right back. It is the wall that must be adjacent to the basin, not the receptacle. That wall could easily be 10 feet wide or more. The location requirement for the receptacle is that it must be within 3 feet of the basin. That does not prohibit a second basin from being between the first basin and the only receptacle in the room.I must disagree
NFPA was asked this question, and here is the response.
Yes, If the basins are in close proximity, one receptacle outletsatisfies the 210.52(D) requirement.
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Subject: Bathroom Receptacle Placement
Question for NFPA: I have ascenario where there is a double basin in the same counter-top of a bathroomvanity. There is a wall on the right hand side of the vanity and a wall behindthe basins where the mirror is located and no wall on the left hand side. Thecounter-top is common to both basins. The receptacle is be placed on the wallto the right hand side of both basins because there is no left hand wall andthe back wall is completely mirrored. The way 210.52(D) reads "The receptacle outlet shall be located on a wall or partition that is adjacent tothe basin OR basin countertop, located on the countertop, etc..." Theright hand wall is indeed adjacent to the countertop that is common to bothbasins. The receptacle on the right hand side wall is within 3 feet of bothbasins. Does having only one receptacle on the right hand wall meet therequirements and intent of 2011 NEC Art. 210.52(D)for both basins?
What that prohibits is putting the receptacle on the wall that is behind you, as you stand looking at the sink, even if there is less than 3 feet between the near edge of the sink and the opposite wall.Charlie, it does not say the wall only must be adjacent. It says the outlet must be located on the wall that is adjacent.
Been there before; will get there again.:happyyes:I guess we will have to disagree