"Article 210.52(A)(1) through (A)(3) is where you need to be looking. I am really not trying to pick a fight with you, but the way I read the NEC article that you cited is different from what you are saying. However, in the long run you will save yourself time and money by having a qualified electrician giving you some guidance. It is how I got started in construction, so I will never fault someone for wanting to do the same thing I did. I understand your desire to do the work yourself. My suggestion would be for you to hire an electrician as a consultant. Article 100 covers definitions and is paramont to understanding the 08 code. The 2008 NEC is a continuation of changes started in the 05 version. I'm a master electrician, and I go to at least seven classes a year just to try to keep up with changes in the NEC and understand the various articles of the code. After that they are convience outlets, and as others have pointed out.additional outlets mean more convenience.
The important thing to remember is you need to meet minimum code requirements to start with. add more were you think they will be convenient. Then stand in the middle of the room and think about possible furniture arrangements. Start at a door opening and set your first one 3' from the dor and then every 6' thereafter. receptacle outlets in floors shall not be counted as part of the required number of receptacles outlets unless located within 450 mm (18 in ) of the wall.
(3) The space afforded by fixed room dividers such as free standing bar-type counters or railings. (2) The space occupied by fixed panels in exterior walls, excluding sliding panels (1) any space 600 mm (2 ft) or more in width (including space measured around corners) and unbroken along the floor line by doors, firplaces, and similar openings. (2) as used in this section, a wall space shall include the following: Receptacles shall be installed such that no point measured horizontally along the floor in any wall space is more than 1.8 m (6 ft) from a receptacle outlet. 08 at the earliest.Īrticle 210.52(A)(1) through (A)(3) is where you need to be looking.
The last iteration was in 05, and the 08 if adopted in your local or state mostlikely won't go into effect until Jan. The NEC book is only updated every three years. I hope you mean the 2008 NEC or the 2005 version.
I'd likely call for any such outlets to go in at 48" AFF to get them above any potential or future 42" rod+shelf combos.īut, I'm just a dumb old archy, you need an NEC pro. Some rooms, like bedrooms have middling obvious "bed walls" that generally benefit from an 8-9' spacing on either side of a likely headboard.īeen a while since I've had to get a closet electrical layout through plan review (from a loack of both closets, and closets of that sort of dimension). There's not much point in plotting a DPCV that falls behind an open door, for one thing. Now, of course, it's a good idea to take the use of the room into consideration, too. Which takes some juggling, but, generally, works over all. Then, take the fractional portion of the 10' spacing and "wrap" that around the adjacent walls to suit. Being old fashioned, I hold to a 10' spacing so, if a wall is longer than 10', you "slide" the layout of outlets along that wall to get two outlets are either end. Well, from my decidedly architectural point of view, I assume that each wall gets a centered duplex outlet.
But in a 4 x 6 toilet room, do I have to have a receptacle on each of the four walls? To meet NEC requirements, is a receptacle required at all?ī) With a large walk-in closet (7 feet wide x 14 feet long), are receptacles required on each wall > 24″ and at the 12 foot spacing? I have 2 receptacles currently roughed in for a rechargeable vacuum and a flashlight but are additional receptacles a NEC requirement.įor the record, the 2007 NEC is the sole electrical requirement/standard where I’m building (no additional local codes to meet). I’ve got receptacles on every wall > 24″ spaced using the 12 foot rule in the living areas (living room, bedrooms, hallways, utility room) but I have questions about large walk-in closets and bathrooms.Ī) Where do these rules not apply? I know there a special rules for kitchen countertops and GFI requirements in the “kitchen” and “bath” areas. I have a 3 wiring method books and a copy of the 2007 NEC but I’m still a bit confused about where to apply the 12 foot receptacle spacing rule and the rule that every wall > 24″ must have a receptacle on it. I’m not an electrician but I’m wiring my new home construction.Ģ.