Outlet Spacing and Height

[spam4us]

Hello everyone,

Is there a minimum distance or spacing between indoor outlets in a detached garage? I believe in a house, outlets cannot be any further apart than 6 feet from one another or so.

In a detached garage, how high from the floor can I place the indoor outlets? I was thinking somewhere around 52 inches.

Last question....On the outside of the garage, is there any minimum or maximum height for outlets?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

Hello everyone,

Is there a minimum distance or spacing between indoor outlets in a detached garage? I believe in a house, outlets cannot be any further apart than 6 feet from one another or so.

In a detached garage, how high from the floor can I place the indoor outlets? I was thinking somewhere around 52 inches.

Last question....On the outside of the garage, is there any minimum or maximum height for outlets?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

Inside of a residence the general rules for spacing are any wall over 2' needs an outlet/6' from any door and every 12'.
I a garage I normally set them at 48" to the top of the box same as switch boxes,As far as spacing goes I try to make them look semetrical (spell check ) around the garage.

 

[Rusty Bumper]

I asked my electrician when putting outlets in my detached garage. He said there is no height requirement. I put them two feet from the floor and spaced them to my needs. Inspection passed.
Keep in mind the need for GFIC on your lines and tamper resistant outlets for any that are less than 6'6"(?) above the floor.
I did not ask about outside the garage.

 

[gregtwojeeps]

Yep, 48 in. AFF. is a good height standard . Stuff ends up getting set in front of receptacles when they are placed too low. Place them around the wall with appliance usage in mind as needed.

P.S. I don't know anything about them being seemetrickle though, that is a Z man thingy. .

 

[jloehlein]

I put the bottom of mine 52" off the ground. Anything that gets them high enough that they won't be blocked by sheets of plywood/metal laying on their side or random stuff piled on a workbench is good.

Mine are quad boxes and spaced ~5-6' apart. I'm glad I went with that many because I've ended up using most of them. Not needing extension cords to run tools is really nice.

 

[woodzy]

No minimum distance. Most house builders only install one outlet per bay. On my new house I installed 22 in a 3 bay garage. Good thing I did the electrical as they wanted $75 per outlet.

 

[spam4us]

Thanks everyone for your help. I'm going to have the receptacles around 52" and have them about 8 ft apart.

Thanks again.

 

[ddawg16]

In a house, 12'....or, a lamp can't be more than 6' from an outlet. A wall 2' and wider must have an outlet.

Garage....what ever you want.

Some advice.....at least 50" above the floor. Just think of a 4x8 sheet of something leaned against the wall.....you don't want the outlet blocked.

Real world....you want outlets on each side of the main garage door. And at least one outside.

I have 2 on the support beam of the bottom floor of my garage. I use those a lot. I also have one up high near the man door. It gets used for the sprinkler control head. And I have one in the ceiling for the garage door opener.

But I really wish I had put one next to the garage door up high....for that Liftmaster I want real bad...and keep hoping my screw drive dies.

 

[Ch3No2]

I did mine 48 to the bottom and every 8' for convenience....

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

Yep, 48 in. AFF. is a good height standard . Stuff ends up getting set in front of receptacles when they are placed too low. Place them around the wall with appliance usage in mind as needed.

P.S. I don't know anything about them being seemetrickle though, that is a Z man thingy. .

What can I say,I was raised by a pack of **** retentive non spelling pricks!

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

I did mine 48 to the bottom and every 8' for convenience....

Okay forget outlet spacing for a second,How about some better pictures of your avatar?

 

[Ch3No2]

Near lane....

 

[lakeroadster]

I put the bottom of mine 52" off the ground. Anything that gets them high enough that they won't be blocked by sheets of plywood/metal laying on their side or random stuff piled on a workbench is good.

Mine are quad boxes and spaced ~5-6' apart. I'm glad I went with that many because I've ended up using most of them. Not needing extension cords to run tools is really nice.

Sage advice.... I'll follow your lead on this when I wire my new pole barn.

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

Near lane....

Ive raised blown alcohal flatties in the past,but youre way above my pay grade there!
People cant seem to comprehend the power to weight ratio of a good running boat.
Like ron braksma (spell check) would say: When you shift into 2nd gear at 170 plus and that left front sponson comes up theres nothing quite like it!

 

[Ironhorse74]

In 132 foot of walls I put in 23 outlets or 1 every 5.75 feet. I put them 48" to tje bottom of the box. 2 circuits with 8 outlets and one with 7. Reason for the odd number was because of the man door.

Brad

 

[checkthisout]

Yeah. I'm putting mine 48" up and every 6' feet all the way around.

Probably overkill.

Good advice on putting them higher up but I like them at 48". That's good comfortable plug-in height when you're standing up.

 

[ddawg16]

Yeah. I'm putting mine 48" up and every 6' feet all the way around.

Probably overkill.

Good advice on putting them higher up but I like them at 48". That's good comfortable plug-in height when you're standing up.

As long as the 'bottom' is at 48" you will be ok.

Every hear the phrase "You learn by your mistakes"?

Put them at 48" and you will know what it really means.

 

[checkthisout]

As long as the 'bottom' is at 48" you will be ok.

Every hear the phrase "You learn by your mistakes"?

Put them at 48" and you will know what it really means.

When did you learn what it really means?

On a side note, I can't find any commercial grade outlets (the ones that did their Kegels) that are also tamper-proof.

 

[Lootenny]

As long as the 'bottom' is at 48" you will be ok.

Every hear the phrase "You learn by your mistakes"?

Put them at 48" and you will know what it really means.

I hate to seem like the slow child in class, but can you explain? I'm about to mount surface boxes in my pole barn, and I don't want to be hanging my head later. Does it have to do with laying a sheet of plywood against the wall?

Denny, sometimes slow...

 

[gregtwojeeps]

I hate to seem like the slow child in class, but can you explain? I'm about to mount surface boxes in my pole barn, and I don't want to be hanging my head later. Does it have to do with laying a sheet of plywood against the wall?

Denny, sometimes slow...

I think the posters were speaking about hanging drywall. Surface mount boxes over plywood, do them however you want.

For me, I set my electrical boxes so that the lower sheet of drywall board (48" wide) would slide right in under the box so I would not have to notch for a box. Then, I just had to notch the upper sheet for the boxes and drop it down on to the lower piece of board. If a person doesn't like to run their tape/mud on their boxes, then set them higher out of the standard 6 -8 "wide horizontal tape/mud joint. JMO

 

[Autorotica]

For me, I set my electrical boxes so that the lower sheet of drywall board (48" wide) would slide right in under the box so I would not have to notch for a box. Then, I just had to notch the upper sheet for the boxes and drop it down on to the lower piece of board. If a person doesn't like to run their tape/mud on their boxes, then set them higher out of the standard 6 -8 "wide horizontal tape/mud joint. JMO

This.... So you can trim from the edge instead of having to cut a hole in the middle of a sheet.

Chris

 

[ddawg16]

I hate to seem like the slow child in class, but can you explain? I'm about to mount surface boxes in my pole barn, and I don't want to be hanging my head later. Does it have to do with laying a sheet of plywood against the wall?

Denny, sometimes slow...

I do woodworking as a hobby.....which means I buy an occasional sheet of plywood...typically hardwood faced. That 4x8 sheet of plywood would obstruct any outlets less than 48" high on the wall.

 

[dave89iroc]

This.... So you can trim from the edge instead of having to cut a hole in the middle of a sheet.

Chris

easy to mark for the cut as well