Stevenfyeager
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- United States, Indiana
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- electrical contractor
Is it ok to install an outlet in a wood mantle?
outlet in mantle
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Sierrasparky
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- USA
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Why not. No code against it. Lots of time folks want to light stuff or power it up. Better than extension cords all over the place.
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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Receptacles are not permitted face up in countertop etc ut that would not pertain to a mantle-- It is permitted . A good product for this would be the sillite receptacles.
John120/240
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Some people use them for Christmas lights. I would make it a switched receptacle myself.
ceknight
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Many moons ago, well before cell phone cameras, I was in a house where the owner had a long, thick solid wood mantle and he wanted power there for holiday decorating. He had routed a recess for a power strip and cord into the mantle on the left side, near a wall outlet. When the holidays came he simply laid the power strip in the recess and plugged it in.
Some hacks are better than others.
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