living room outlet relocate

[cableman]

I opened up a doorway between living room and dining room, there was an outlet on 1 of the walls.
Can i just relocate this next to the existing location where it was or is there a code on how close to the edge of wall it can be?
Hot and cold feed for 2nd floor are next to it so i can only move it over 3"s if i add another scrap 2x4 to the one i have on the back side now.

 

[Buzz Saw]

Go for it. As long as the wiring is done to code the location is not important.

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[cableman]

I wont be changing that wiring, just moving box and wires still reach. I didnt like that it was gonna be almost on the edge so a few more inches over it'll be.

 

[Highbeam]

Just consider mudding and finishing that corner. Farther away the better but I know of no rule.

 

[burnham]

No, you're fine. The code calls for no more than 12' between outlets (no space further than 6' from an outlet) and for an outlet on any piece of usable wall space greater than 2'. Beyond that there's nothing that would apply in terms of the location of that outlet.

 

[cableman]

The no space further means max 6' from a corner wall?

 

[burnham]

 

[Highbeam]

Keep in mind that that is current code. Your old house likely never met it and you are most likely not required to update your old home to meet it.

 

[burnham]

Those laws are at least a few decades old, and anything you touch by law is supposed to meet current code. In this case, the new receptacle should be tamper resistant, and should have protection from an arc-fault circuit interrupter.

 

[cableman]

It ended up a few inches over.
If you just change outlets to decore style, do they have to be tamper resistant?
I know just moving an outlet requires town involvement and inspection but thats not happening.

 

[burnham]

If you change an outlet, it's supposed to be replaced with a tamper resistant one. I don't know anyone who does that, unless they're getting an inspection.

 

[cableman]

I hate those outlets.
Ive done a fair share of fixing electric around here. 1 breaker was feeding 2.5 baths! I prolly added 10 breakers seperating rooms. Also added a genny plug and lock out.

 

[iamlucky13]

If you change an outlet, it's supposed to be replaced with a tamper resistant one. I don't know anyone who does that, unless they're getting an inspection.

The outlets in my house were almost all worn out when we moved in (the absolute cheapest type available, and probably abused by a house full of cord yankers). I've been slowly replacing them when I have a spare moment here and there.

Once our first born started walking, he gravitated towards the outlets. Toys? A bottle? The dog? Not interesting. I want to stick my fingers in THAT!

So we've been using the safety caps, and removing those every time you vacuum is obnoxious, especially with lack of much to grab and how well the commercial grade outlets I'm using hold onto the prongs.

So now I'm using the tamper resistant versions on most of the remaining outlets. Thankfully, the more expensive ones aren't as hard to get the plug into as the cheap ones, where I fell like I'm going to push the outlet box back into the wall, but they're still definitely harder to insert the plugs and easier to remove them than the type I was using previously.