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Electric code? - goaliedad - 09-24-2017 I just installed a laundry sink in my basement. I used a washer hook up for water, and the drain plumbing was right there. There are 2 outlets very close. How far do they need to be from the sink? I can raise them higher on the wall- not much option left or right RE: Electric code? - Roly - 09-24-2017 (09-24-2017, 02:08 PM)goaliedad Wrote: I just installed a laundry sink in my basement. I used a washer hook up for water, and the drain plumbing was right there. I do not think there is a minimum distance but must be gfci if within 6'. Think of the vanity in a bathroom, outllets, are very close. Try to keep them out of a splash zone. Roly RE: Electric code? - TDKPE - 09-24-2017 I'm not aware of any restrictions on receptacles in the vicinity of a laundry sink, other than GFCI protection. Which you'll have anyway, since it's presumably in an unfinished basement. In fact, most such language regarding receptacles near sinks are the opposite - they're required to be within a certain distance (which depends on function and location, like bathrooms vs kitchens). Those distances (to sinks and between each other) are along a horizontal line, by the way, with vertical location within a different range. So even if vertical location was a question, it has nothing to do with the horizontal location from a plumb line to the counter end, sink edge, each other, etc. |