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Default Outlets High on the Wall

On Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 5:44:45 AM UTC-4, Puckdropper wrote:
Outlets are cheap, but time is more expensive. I'm thinking about putting
a few outlets up high, about 7' on the walls of my garage shop. This is
just for the air cleaner or whatever random thing needs to be plugged in up
there. Am I just wasting time by installing outlets at that height?

Naturally, I'm going to do quite a few at 54" and 16", but it's the ones up
high I'm wondering about.

Puckdropper


7' sounds like a dedicated receptacle. I don't know how tall you are, but I
couldn't plug anything into a receptacle placed at 7' without using a device
that creates some distance between the floor and the bottom of my feet.

Perhaps consider placing them at your maximum reach so you can use them for
the random extension cord or tool when you want the cord to come from up
high. They'd still be high enough for any ceiling mounted device like your
air cleaner.