Receptacle Plug Outlet clearances

Hello to all and thanks for having me here.

My question concerns location of a receptacle (110volt outlet) in relation to my englander 12fp WOODstove. I have it in a corner installation and minimum clearnace to combustibles is 5 inches at the corners. http://www.englanderstoves.com/manuals/12-FP.pdf I have mine at 9 inches at the corners. My concern is the electrical outlet directly at that corner on the adjacent wall. Is this outlet going to have problems? It is a 15 amp plastic receptacle in metal box with a plastic cover. This 12fp unit has an optional blower that I may or may not use depending on how it heats the house and I would need an outlet in the end to plug it into. Does anyone have a receptacle located to the side/behind or near their woodstove and what are clearances and how does it hold up.

Thanks so much for this forum I learn something new every time I am on.

PS camera is down right now I hope to get a new one soon and show pics

I have one behind the Century. It's beyond the specified clearance to combustibles for the stove so I never worried about it. I don't think you can go wrong treating everything as a combustible.

Thanks for reply, just trying to be cautious. If it gets questionable my next step is to build a small heat shield under it to deflect the heat around it. Does anyone know if they make a heat resistant outlet?

Given you have the extra 4 inches of clearance there I would think you should be fine. However, I would be very careful when/if you ever use it that the cords don't end up laying in the 'hot zone' around the stove. A hot electrical cord would become an additional hazard I would think.

Great point, I think to combat that I would get one of those flat type plugs on a cord that would fit behind a piece of furniture, rated of course for load which I believe is only one amp I think.

Thanks for reply.

Welcome to the forum B S.

I doubt you have any worries but it still pays to be careful.

For those that replied, here is the update, all is well in the house. Fired up with the infrared gun seeing 425 to 475 top of the englander 12-fp outlet cover at that time was 92. I think that is more than acceptable. It was probably 40-45 outside.

THanks for all your help, now I am off to post some pics of the install.

Final install is my avitar, wondering where I should put installation photos.