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It does not matter where the receptacle(s) is(are) installed. The NEC says nothing about a laundry room. It just requires at least one receptacle outlet be installed for the laundry.
 
stickboy1375 said:
I find it strange I am forced to install anything to do with laundry, seems like a luxury item to me... Never liked 210.52 anyhow.
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luxuries, like irons, washing machines, vacuums, carpet shampooers, pumps...
Chamuit said:
:grin: If you have a closet and you put in a 30a 240v 4wire receptacle for a combo unit. Shove the unit in front of the recept and there is not any usable space left around the combo unit do you have a "laundry?"
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Do you have a washer and dryer? If you do, it's a laundry.
Chamuit said:
Be like cutting a hole in the wall, put a frig in and call it a kitchen.:grin:
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It's only a kitchen if it has a permanent means of cooking. Otherwise, garages across America would suddenly become kitchens.:D
LarryFine said:
Food for thought: Not all stackable machines share a single power cord; many do require the separate 120v circuit.
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So, the required 20A dedicated circuit could just be to serve the washing machine?!?;)
LarryFine said:
Dessert: Is a 240v dryer circuit required even when a gas line is installed for a gas dryer? I've been told they are.
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I would like a code cite for that one!
 
"It does not matter where the receptacle(s) is(are) installed. The NEC says nothing about a laundry room. It just requires at least one receptacle outlet be installed for the laundry."

I agree that that is what the NEC says. So, back to the OP, What he called his "laundry room", which is only big enough for his stackable w/d (which I would call a closet), requires a laundry receptacle outlet. But could it be located in the hallway or whatever room is immediately outside his "laundry room" if they do laundry activities, such as sort, fold, iron there? It's a cinch that those activities aren't being done in his laundry room. Several of the responses in this thread seem to say that the receptacle has to be crammed into his little room, even though it wouldn't be useful there. I think it could be located outside of his room where the other laundry activities take place.
 
G0049 said:
Several of the responses in this thread seem to say that the receptacle has to be crammed into his little room, even though it wouldn't be useful there. I think it could be located outside of his room where the other laundry activities take place.
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I think you are right.
 
iwire said:
Your not forced to install it when the builders of the home decide not to include a laundry area. If there are no plumbing or vent hock ups you can forget the outlet.
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Yeah and in an apartment building with on premise laundry you don't have to install a laundry recep even if plumbing and venting are installed are installed in the apartment.

You know the exception seems odd to me. Why would it matter if there was on premise laundry available. If the Apartment HAS a laundry area why make an exception?
 
roger3829 said:
210.50(C) Requires that the receptacle outlet be installed within 6' of the intended location.
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210.50(C) applies to an appliance outlet, with no mention of voltage/amperage. In the OP, that should be the 240 volt, 30 amp recept for the appliance. 210(52)(F) requires a 125 volt, 15 or 20 amp recept in the laundry area "for the laundry" without describing it as an appliance outlet.

While typing this, it just dawned on me that most of them probably get used for a (or two) plug-in air freshener. ;)
 
charlie b said:
That only applies to buildings that include more than one dwelling unit. For a single family dwelling unit, you don't get to omit the laundry outlet.
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Interesting.

IMO if there is no "Laundry Area" then (E) has nothing to apply to.

210.52(E) applies to "Laundry Areas" if there is no laundry area there is no "(E)" that I need an exception to.

But then again I really don't care one way or another.:grin:
 
celtic said:
Is an iron "laundry equipment"?
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From the Free Dictionary:

laundry
Noun
pl -dries
1. the clothes or linen to be laundered or that have been laundered
2. a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed


laun?der (l?ndr, l?n-)
v. laun?dered, laun?der?ing, laun?ders
v.tr.
1.
a. To wash (clothes, for example).
b. To wash, fold, and iron:
 
wirebender said:
From the Free Dictionary:

laundry
Noun
pl -dries
1. the clothes or linen to be laundered or that have been laundered
2. a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed


laun?der (l?ndr, l?n-)
v. laun?dered, laun?der?ing, laun?ders
v.tr.
1.
a. To wash (clothes, for example).
b. To wash, fold, and iron:
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Means nothing to me. It's my AHJs that count.

From dictionary.com:
n. pl. laun?dries

Soiled or laundered clothes and linens; wash.

A commercial establishment for laundering clothes or linens.
A room or an area, as in a house, for doing the wash.
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I don't see an iron mentioned there.
 
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charlie b said:
It does not matter where the receptacle(s) is(are) installed. The NEC says nothing about a laundry room. It just requires at least one receptacle outlet be installed for the laundry.
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And its part of the load calc.

"A load of not less than 1500 Va shall be included....yada, yada."

It's in there cause the circuit is a requirement.
 
480sparky said:
My point exactly.

I once did a small studio apartment remodel. And I do mean small. Teeny. Tiny. Cramped. Entire apartement was 450 sq?. One step into the kitchen and that's it. Kitchen had all of 5 feet of countertop, two of which was taken up by the sink.

Now, that left a grand total of 36" of usable counter space. Technically, I could have only placed one GFI recep in the middle of that. But I still needed 2 SABCs. So the countertop got two receps. According to some here, I should have been allowed to omit one of the SABCs because the kitchen was so dinky.
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well in a commonsense world yes you should have been allowed only 1 SA circuit, but on here I'm surprised if anyone agrees with me on that.
 
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