Electrical Code Outlet Heights

well hey guys welcome back to the channel today today we're going to talk about electrical code outlet heights uh there's a variety of different ones so stick around and we'll go through each one so the code has recently changed now we're required to mount outlet boxes exactly 16 inches off the floor before previously it was 14 inches but the new code states that we need to bring them a little higher and this is for the reason of handicapped clients so that they can reach down from the wheelchair and plug something in as well as uh now we had to drop switches down to 44 inches so we used to previously put switches at 50 inches but we've had to drop them down to 44. now there are a variety of other code rules that apply to different outlets so we'll move on to the dryer receptacle so a dry receptacle actually has to be 900 millimeters off the floor or 300 uh sorry three feet 36 inches as well as the watcher receptacle and the reason for this is because most washers and dryers have only a three foot cord on them um and they need to uh reach the cord or if they're stackable they need to both be able to reach from top and bottom now fridge receptacles uh need to be at a height of 600 millimeters or two feet from the floor so this is actually a code rule that we we mount these fridge receptacles at this height again because some full-size fridges the cord comes from the top and it comes with a six-foot cord so they want to be sure that it's going to reach uh to plug the appliance in now electrical code for counter plugs is completely different again we need to go at 44 inches placed so far apart so as you can see we have counter receptacles here mounted at 44 inches they can't be any higher than 44 inches on the back of the counter usually standard counters are 36 inches and they must be within every three feet of wall space so between two receptacles we're allowed to have up to six feet and the reason for this is because uh most appliances that you plug in on the countertop only have three foot cords on them so they want it that you can plug in an appliance anywhere you sit on that counter so from the edge of the wall we're allowed to come out three feet and we have to have a counter plug and we're allowed to group them in groups of two at a height of 44 inches so as we go along we have two counter plugs here we would have two counter plugs here and then we have another counter plug over here any additional counter space that is over 10 inches wide requires a counter plug on it because they say that you can set something on it now garage door opener outlets obviously have to be mounted on the ceiling there's no code height for that but it does have to be within 12 inches of the garage door opener so that you can plug it in on the ceiling height itself also in a garage area a general working space when we do outlets we usually keep them at four feet and the reason we do this is when we go around the garage you want to be able to reach and usually you'll have a bench so this is how we plug things in so there's a few short code rules for you about electrical code outlet heights hope you liked the video and don't forget to like and subscribe and we'll see you guys on the next video

Channel: Conquerall Electrical

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Keywords: electrical troubleshooting, diy electrical, do it your self, electrical code, electrical outlet height, electrical outlet height from floor, electrical code for basement wiring, national electrical code, journeyman electrician

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Length: 3min 35sec (215 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 09 2022