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mwm1752

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In thinking that way you'd also have to fail services that were utilizing the 6 movement rule if the service panel had 6 movements worth in it, but, had space for more breakers to be added.


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Only if the panel was not rated as service equipment -- true story
 

Dennis Alwon

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If I were inspecting that, I'd think "the minute I sign off on this, someone is going to add a receptacle in that space".

Funny you should say that because just last night at a meeting the local inspector said that he went to inspector a kitchen island and the ec put a receptacle under an overhang that was more than 6". To make it compliant the ec added 3 extension rings sticking out of the cabinet. He laughed and failed it.

Now we can argue whether the inspector has a right to fail it because someone may remove them when he leaves but in this case it is so obvious that ec needed to fail, imo
 

jap

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Most disagreements about distances getting down to the nitty gritty is because at one point or other someone had to draw a line somewhere to be able to enforce a rule.
With that being said, I think putting a receptacle anywhere even close to that line where a bathtub is concerned is not a good idea whether code compliant or not.


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Dennis Alwon

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Most disagreements about distances getting down to the nitty gritty is because at one point or other someone had to draw a line somewhere to be able to enforce a rule.
With that being said, I think putting a receptacle anywhere even close to that line where a bathtub is concerned is not a good idea whether code compliant or not.


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You don't have much choice in some situations. All the houses where I grew up had a small bath sink next to a tub. Even with the receptacle on the opposite side of the sink it was still reachable from the tub.... We survived LOL
 

jap

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You don't have much choice in some situations. All the houses where I grew up had a small bath sink next to a tub. Even with the receptacle on the opposite side of the sink it was still reachable from the tub.... We survived LOL

I survived also with 6 brothers and sisters and only 1 bathroom with no receptacles in it at all. Only a single keyless lamp holder with a bare 60 watt light bulb. :)


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kwired

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I survived also with 6 brothers and sisters and only 1 bathroom with no receptacles in it at all. Only a single keyless lamp holder with a bare 60 watt light bulb. :)


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I was more fortunate then that, but I still remember the house my dad grew up in, 6 kids and parents - no receptacles in the bath, a pendant type lampholder with pull chain switch, it hung low enough you could reach it while in the tub - old cast iron claw foot tub with well grounded plumbing pipes as well.
 
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