These are in a new commercial kitchen under a peninsular food prep counter. What do you suppose the installer was thinking?

Submitted by Lostazhell

OK- so he didn't use a 'real' floor box! Let's at least give the guy credit for having his heart in the right place; there is a gasket, the cover will keep stuff from dripping in, and -if all are placed like this one- they are out of the way of foot trafic.
Not that I expect the covers to last very long!

Even a rated floor box would allow stuff to drip inside, and surely wouldn't keep mopwater out whereever there was a plug inserted. I think this application would be better served by "tombstone" pedestals for stuff under the counters, and drop cords for everything else.

As nice, reliable, and prooven GFCI's are, they are no substitute for good design.

What do I think he was thinking ? He wasn't !
He obviously has never worked in a kitchen when it is washdown time.
Alan.

I bet he was thinking "damn architects.. how the ****** am I supposed to do this, and keep the outlets dry when they mop the floor?"

Personally, I would have brought the outlets down from above on pendants, and kept the floor clear.

I don't think that brass floor plates would work well here, A/V style floor pockets would collect water and crud, and the office style speed bumps would probably have the same problem, with no protection.
The other option might be to mount a piece of strut, and mount the outlets above the floor level, fed with LT from below.

(edited to remove "misspelled" profanity)



[This message has been edited by electure (edited 06-22-2005).]

I second that thought.

I doubt an electrician decided that spot needed floor outlets.

At least they are GFCI.

Personally I would hope that a GFCI CB feeds these outlets. A wash down would most likely drip on the unprotected (line) side of those GFIs. IMHO putting any recepts on the floor in a washdown area like that is like playing Russian Ruelette. Pendants from the ceiling would have been my choice.

Renosteinke

That government building office wasn't the electrical inspector's, was it?

FYI.... The prints called for cord drops which is what they have now...

So Randy, what do the boxes on the floor have now?

a hole..... in need of patching now

If the boxes were rated, you could slap a blank floor plate on them, or the ones with the 1/2, or 3/4 KO's, and hard wire a reffer or something there.

Couple of strips of Duct-tape and Bob's your uncle, you wouldn't even know they are there.

"Bob's your uncle"??

Is that an expression like, "well I'll be darned"??

"bob's your uncle" is 'proper English' for "before you know it"

'Bob's your Uncle, Fanny's your Aunt' is the full expression. In these enlightened days it might be Bob's your Auntie!
Alan

Those floor receptacles would never pass the board of health inspection - maybe that is one of the reasons they were moved.