Island receptacles

[LarryFine]

I'm not sure that Art. 210.52(C)(5)Exc.(b) specifically prohibits the receptacle from facing 90 degrees from an under-6"-overhang edge. As we like to say, the code says what it says, not . . . , well, you know the rest.

What if we used a surface-mount box (like a floor-duct "doghouse" box) that lets one or two receptacles face 90 degrees to the within-6" edge. Would the location now cease to comply? Does "within" = "face toward"?

One may none-the-less argue that it's implied, just as those people from the linked-to thread (that I started, by some strange coincident) say that all island receptacles are, and must be, counter-top-serving receptacles.

It also implies, bit doesn't outright state, that a countertop with a stepped surface (i.e., "backsplashes,
dividers, etc."), cannot have the required receptacle(s) below the surface. But, which surface now?

Doesn't the upper surface of a two-level countertop with a back-splash still end up with a receptacle below it? Does the within-24"-of-any-point rul now apply, or does one receptacle for the entire (undivided) space still apply?

If the countertop has such a backsplash or divider, does that mean that every receptacle on the island must be on this vertical surface? What if the vertical surface isn't tall enough for even a horizontally-mounted receptacle?

Hmmmm.

 

[mpd]

J erickson

I also hate the requirement, but I am suprised that the kitchen manufacturers
have not come up with a contractor friendly island & peninsular countertops that put the receptacle above the countertop where it belongs and eliminate worrying about the overhang at the final

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Larry
Plug mold protected by GFCI works nicely in those short countertop areas.

 

[George Stolz]

Check out this thread for more opinions on the matter.

Since John did the heavy lifting, click here to see it in it's original format. The change to the new forum resulted in some hiccups when it came to lists and quotes.

 

[hillbilly]

Hillbilly we will visit you in jail.[/QUOTE]

LOL, that's a good one. I'm already "in the hole" on this job.
I just hope that when they're prosecuting me for the island receptacles that they don't open the walls and find a few staples that are 55" apart. Or even worse, a hole that's off center a stud without a nail plate.

After discussing it with the inspector, I'm not sure that it is a violation. Any under counter receptacle is probably more than 6" "overhung". It depends on which direction you measure. If I mounted a box on the exterior of a island which caused the receptacle to be turned 90 degrees (so that it's facing the front of the island) and this box was more than 6" back from the edge of the counter, would it be a violation? Assume that the overhang of the counter is 6" all way around.
steve