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Tony Durbin

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to get a question answered, In a company breakroom with a drop ceiling is it code to place an outlet (15 amp duplex) above the tiles mounted to the wall. This is for power to a new flat monitor that is mounting to a concrete wall and the customer would like the outlet hidden. If some one know sthe Article please let me know. I am having a brain fart today! Thanks
 
There is no reason you can't put a receptacle there. But there is a reason you can't run a power cord to that receptacle, so it makes no sense to put the receptacle there. 400.8(2) says you can't run a flexible cord (i.e., TV's power cord) above a suspended ceiling.
 
To keep your customer happy, show them 400.8(2), then relocate the receptacle back below the drop ceiling. Maybe they can build an enclosure for the flat panel with the receptacle inside of the enclosure.
 
You can install a receptacle above the ceiling, you just can plug anything with a flexible cord into it.

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400.8 Uses Not Permitted
Unless specifically permitted in 400.7, flexible cords and cables shall not be used for the following:

(1) As a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure

(2) Where run through holes in walls, structural ceilings, suspended ceilings, dropped ceilings, or floors

(3)Where run through doorways, windows, or similar openings

(4) Where attached to building surfaces

Exception to (4): Flexible cord and cable shall be permitted to be attached to building surfaces in accordance with the provisions of 368.56(B)

(5) Where concealed by walls, floors, or ceilings or located above suspended or dropped ceilings

(6) Where installed in raceways, except as otherwise permitted in this Code

(7) Where subject to physical damage

Roger
 
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