On Dec 8, 4:03*pm, "RBM" wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message

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I was in my dentist's waiting room this morning and I noticed
something that I'm wondering about.

The exterior wall has ceiling to *almost* floor windows. There is a
wooden ledge at the bottom, about 4" high and 8" wide.

Installed in this ledge is a duplex outlet, lying flat on the top
surface, facing up towards the ceiling. In other words, in such a
position that items could be dropped/poured into the receptacle.

Is that allowed by code?

It's Ok, except in a counter top.

When does a wide window sill become a counter top? 8" is pretty wide,
people would put plants on it and water them, anything on the ledge
could fall in, if the window were open a bit rain could hit it.
Whether it's code or not, I think it's a sketchy thing to do with an
uncovered receptacle.

R