Vanity drawer receptacle requirements

[ELI56]

Bathroom vanity double sinks.Cabinet lady wants a receptacle in a drawer for hair dryers et.The problem I see and with talking to the inspector is a type of cable rated to be stretched and contracted for the application.The second issue is turning off the plug when you close the drawer for fire safety.There is a product I seen call a Docking drawer receptacle wwwDocking drawer.com.There has been a timer brought up for this purpose.(Fire Safety that is) What have you guys been doing out there.

 

[John120/240]

Receptacles behind drawers in the bath room just make sure their GFCI protected. The appliance used is not under the AHJ jurisdiction IMHO. As far as a switch to disconnect power to the receptacle, Yes install one in a convenient location.

 

[just the cowboy]

just curious

just curious

Why would you have to shut power off to the receptacle in the drawer, is it so bobby pins don't bounce into the receptacle face????:huh:
Whats differant than a receptical in cabinet for microwave.

 

[mwm1752]

Agree mount the wall recept behind the drawer. How they connect to the appliance is not controlled by the NEC. Does not eliminate the basin recpt requirement though.

 

[mopowr steve]

I have seen the picture of the receptacle in the back of a drawer on Pintrest this is probably where she got the idea from.
I haven't done one but did wonder what I would do if confronted with that request. I guess use a coiled seow cord ( but I don't think it could be used in a permanent wiring fashion) so I've convinced myself to do it as others have stated, put it in the back of cabinet and then it's outside of the scope of NEC.

 

[tom baker]

There is a listed device to install a receptacle in a drawer, the dockingdrawer.com as mentioned earlier, seems like a code compliant way to go.