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    Nov 25, 2014, 12:16 PM
    Floor mounted receptacle.
    I need to install a 240-volt receptacle for an electric oven in a stove. Because of access issues, it would be much easier to install a surface mounted receptacle on the floor. Is there anything wrong with doing this?
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    Nov 25, 2014, 01:13 PM
    I can't speak for codes where you are, but every house I have ever owned or lived in had the plug on the floor right at the wall.
    (A bit puzzled by your wording 'electric oven in a stove.' A stove is a single appliance, consisting of an oven and burners on top.)
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    Nov 25, 2014, 01:30 PM
    I agree the wording is awkward. It is a dual fuel stove, with a gas cooktop and electric oven - didn't put that in the question to try to be more clear. I guess I wasn't.
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    Nov 26, 2014, 05:36 AM
    If you are in the USA, then please carefully review the installation instructions that come with your appliance. You are required to follow these instructions...for electrical installations the manufacturer's installation instructions are required by National Electrical Code Article 110.3(B)...
    Some range instructions will outline for you the space behind the range permitted to contain a cord and plug. Others may require a "hardwired" installation. Please read these instructions.
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    Nov 26, 2014, 06:51 AM
    I have checked the install instructions. A power cord is fine and the circuit is what they want. I also know the allowed places to locate the receptacle. What I'm not sure of is whether I can use a surface mounted receptacle on the floor facing up.

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    I have checked the install instructions. A power cord is fine and the circuit is what they want. I also know the allowed places to locate the receptacle. What I'm not sure of is whether I can use a surface mounted receptacle on the floor facing up.
    To get the cable into the wall for a conventional circuit, I would have to cut into the band joist, which I'd rather not do.
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    Nov 26, 2014, 07:48 AM
    if I understand, you are saying the cable comes up through the floor....
    if so, you can still surface mount the receptacle against the wall...
    As an inspector I would prefer that to the receptacle flat on the floor.
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    Nov 26, 2014, 09:04 AM
    The problem with that is that with the plug in place, it will stick out too much to get the stove all the way back to the wall. If the receptacle is mounted face up, the plug does not add more to the distance of the obstruction from the wall.
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    Nov 26, 2014, 09:18 AM
    If you mount the receptacle on the wall, "at the floor", is it still in the way?
    I recall that's where the instructions recommend...
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