sid wrote:
On May 17, 9:59 am, aemeijers wrote:
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But no need for double runs- you can just daisy-chain the boxes. If you
decide to abandon the lower outlets later, rather than add rings to the
front and make them available in the cabinets, just remove the outlets
and the last 3 feet of wire, disconnecting them at the upper box. As
long as no live wires end in a buried box, code does not care about
abandoned conduit runs. Who knows- when you get to the cabinet stage,
you may want to use the lower boxes as junctions to feed something else
built into the lower cabinets. Or you may want to put a mini-fridge down
there or something. You can never have too many outlets, as long as the
circuit has the headroom.

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When you say, "never too many", what would you say what you would put
in.
If the code calls for every 12', would a more desirable distance be
every 6-8' ?

If I was wiring up new space, I'd do at least that close, plus extras
where I thought desks, workbenches, entertainment centers, etc, would
be. (Paying close attention to load balancing, of course, and maybe
follow current kitchen practice of alternating outlets being fed by
different breakers.) Lights and outlets should be on separate breakers,
so you aren't in the dark very often. Boxes, EMT, wire, and fixtures are
cheap, compared to the PITA of not having one where you need one.
Difference in labor cost is trivial, especially if you are doing the
rough-in, and only having a licensed electrician do the hookups. (Or are
you hooking these to the panel yourself?)

By the way- map the heck out of everything before the walls are closed
up, including maybe writing the breaker number on the back of the covers
before you install them.

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