"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
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On 02/07/10 09:02 am, RBM wrote:

In finishing a basement how should electric outlets be spaced ( how far
apart )

Every wall space 2' or larger requires an outlet. There can't be more
than
six feet from any point along a wall to an outlet. Loosely interpreted,
you
need an outlet every 12 feet

What do you (or the Code) mean by "finishing?"

I lined our previously unlined furnace/utility room. One long wall is
almost all floor-to-ceiling shelving; so no place to put an outlet. One
short wall has the water heater so close to it that there's no point in
having an outlet there.

I put six outlets above the workbench. That's four more outlets than there
ever were before.

BTW, I recall that when our old farmhouse in UK was wired for 240V AC
(we'd had 32V DC previously), the electrician's original plan was to put
one outlet on a landing to serve three bedrooms! I eventually persuaded
him (and my parents) to put one in each bedroom.

Perce

A room is considered finished, by the way it is used more than by it's
construction. A finished "habitable" room must be wired by different specs
than an unfinished room according to the NEC