Location of receptacles for gas ranges

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My partner was just turned down on inspection for the receptacle serving a gas range. The receptacle is on a dedicated 20 amp circuit located 2 feet below the top of the range, the inspector wants it moved 16" to the right of the stove, this will put it above the counter top and out of reach of the supplied cord, or into the cabinet where the cord would be subject to damage from pots, pans etc.

Is there any reason for this?
 
Welcome to the forum. By way of assisting you with the way things are sometimes done around here, if a senior member, in response to a "I was cited for" type of question, suggests you ask for a code reference, odds are there is no code reference. When two of them give the same response, there is certainly not a code that backs up the inspector's comment. :)
 
charlie b said:
Welcome to the forum. By way of assisting you with the way things are sometimes done around here, if a senior member, in response to a "I was cited for" type of question, suggests you ask for a code reference, odds are there is no code reference. When two of them give the same response, there is certainly not a code that backs up the inspector's comment. :)
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You forgot about the third guy questioning the species of the inspector's mother, or previous occupation of the inspector in question, depending on the circumstances. :D
 
charlie b said:
Welcome to the forum. By way of assisting you with the way things are sometimes done around here, if a senior member, in response to a "I was cited for" type of question, suggests you ask for a code reference, odds are there is no code reference. When two of them give the same response, there is certainly not a code that backs up the inspector's comment. :)
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I get the feeling I just spent 15 minutes looking for something that does not exist.
 
I had spent only 5 minutes looking for something I think does exist, and couldn't find it. Where is the rule that says a flexible cord for an appliance (or perhaps it is the receptacle intended for that appliance) must be within 6 feet of the intended location of the appliance? :-? That was going to be my post on this thread: the fact that that article was the closest I could think of to the inspector's comment, and that it didn't back up the inspector's action. :cool:
 
charlie b said:
I had spent only 5 minutes looking for something I think does exist, and couldn't find it. Where is the rule that says a flexible cord for an appliance (or perhaps it is the receptacle intended for that appliance) must be within 6 feet of the intended location of the appliance? :-? That was going to be my post on this thread: the fact that that article was the closest I could think of to the inspector's comment, and that it didn't back up the inspector's action. :cool:
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Charlie, check out 210.50(C);):)

Chris
 
raider1 said:
Charlie, check out 210.50(C)
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That's the one. Thanks, Chris.

Now back to the original question. As long as the outlet is within 6 feet of the range (and it obviously is), there is no NEC reason to reject the installation.

That said, however, I had to have a plumber install a gas line to serve our stove, when we bought the house. The instructions that came with the stove were very clear about where the gas line and the electrical outlet had to be. There is a clear space in the back of the stove, about 12 inches off the floor, and about 6 inches from the wall. The receptacle outlet was already in that area, but I had to give the plumber the limits of where he could put the gas line and valve.

So I would now ask you whether a particular stove/range has been purchased by the owner, and whether it has any instructions regarding the required location of the outlet.
 
Usually the range has a very specific template with the installation instruction that shows the permissible locations for the receptacle.

Mark
 
Hold on a minute. The OP said the receptacle was 2 feet below the top of the range. I assume that it was still behind the range. The inspector is asking him to move it to a place above a counter top.

That makes no sense, and neither is this response:

charlie b said:
Where is the rule that says a flexible cord for an appliance (or perhaps it is the receptacle intended for that appliance) must be within 6 feet of the intended location of the appliance?
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It doesn't sound like the inspector is telling him to move the receptacle within 6 feet of the appliance, it sounds like he wants it to be moved away from the appliance...possibly to make it more readibly accessible?

Also, the OP joins the forum, posts a question, gets 3 responses within 5 minutes and 5 responses within 10 minutes and can't be bothered to answer or post again?
 
George Stolz said:
Darn him! :confused::D
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I don't mean to be rude, it just seems like he/she went through all the trouble to ask us, and couldn't even wait 5 minutes to see what we had to say. Especially when the first two replies asked a question to clarify details. If it was even 15 minutes before anybody replied at all I'd understand.
 
jaylectricity said:
I don't mean to be rude, it just seems like he/she went through all the trouble to ask us, and couldn't even wait 5 minutes to see what we had to say. Especially when the first two replies asked a question to clarify details. If it was even 15 minutes before anybody replied at all I'd understand.
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The phone rang, the baby started crying, dinner starting burning, etc. IMO alot of reasons spring to mind.
 
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