Quick Question...
Before heading to the office, I checked my corporate email yesterday morning and received a message from a client who was asking about receptacle outlets on a kitchen island.(side note: I'm in the kitchen business)
Yes, they are required by local code. Although most customers don't want holes cut in their cabinetry, it's not my choice. If the electrician needs cutouts made, we do it as a service. Point where you want the holes cut and we make it. The liability is on the electrician and not the cabinet guy.
The husband wanted them on the back side where they are obscured by chairs. That's bending the rules... will it pass inspection? I don't know. Ask the electrician.
What I do know is, the message titled 'quick question' involved several back-and-forth emails and three phone calls. I'm not done... now I have to revise the drawing that we all reviewed last week.
More than an hour yesterday was spent dealing with my client's 'quick question'.
Comments (4)
In the future employ quick answers like;
No ! No way ! It ain't gonna happen ! Not in our lifetime. Not even if god asked me for it.
Yes, but that's $10,000 extra. Please hold.
Q. What is the Code rule requiring the installation of a receptacle outlet for a peninsula or island countertop space?
A. At least one receptacle outlet must be installed at each island countertop space with a long dimension of 2 ft or more and a short dimension of 1 ft or more . At least one receptacle outlet must be installed at each peninsular countertop with a long dimension of 2 ft or more (and a short dimension of 1 ft or more), measured from the connecting edge .
The Code doesn't require more than one receptacle outlet in an island or peninsular countertop space, regardless of the length of the countertop, unless the countertop is broken as described in 210.52(C)(4). When breaks occur in countertop spaces for rangetops, refrigerators, or sinks, each countertop space is considered as a separate countertop for determining receptacle placement .
If a range, counter-mounted cooking unit, or sink is installed in an island or peninsular countertop — and the depth of the counter behind the range, counter-mounted cooking unit, or sink is less than 12 in. — the countertop space is considered to be two separate countertop spaces, as shown in the Figure.
GFCI protection is required for all 15A and 20A, 125V receptacles that supply kitchen countertop surfaces .