Okay, the reason I started this thread.

The way I understand it is that there is a certain county in N.C. where the inspectors interpret the Handbook commentary (yes, we know it is just commentary, but some don't) "to be available to a person standing on the ground (at grade level)" to mean that if there were a 4" slab on grade patio under the receptacle, it would be tagged.

Now, if you jack hammered a 12" x 12" hole in the slab so that you could stand on earth (depending on shoe size the hole may need to be enlarged [Linked Image]) at the receptacle location it would pass. [Linked Image]

Roger