Outlet in floor?

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Would like to relocate a couple of electrical outlets, one in particular, is for the stove blower.

As I have solid stone walls, it's inconvenient and undesirable to have them on the walls.

Is it either a code violation or a stupid idea to have them mounted in the floor, where the prongs of the cords, when plugged in, would be vertical?

For one, I can see stuff falling into the sockets when nothing is plugged in.

 

[peakbagger]

There are special cast floor mounted boxes. They come with recessed covers and screw in blanking plugs. They are cheap.

As far as I know they are legal, lot to be said to have it fed from a arc fault protector, just in case.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I've installed them. They were specifically made for floors and were brass. They looked pretty nice.

 

[zrock]

Alot of the new outlets have built in child proofing little covers that close over the openings when nothing is inserted and take a bit of force to put a plug in them.. They would be good for floor mount as nothing can fall in em

 

[johneh]

When I think of a plug in the floor I wonder how you wash that floor
Water and Electricity do not get along together floor plugs in Ontario
Canada are against code . But it is up to you

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Run the mop over it like you would the rest of the floor.

 

[sportbikerider78]

I've never moped my wood floors. Damp rag is all it seems to take.

 

[greg13]

How about a box mounted sideways to the floor next to the wall?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I've never moped my wood floors. Damp rag is all it seems to take.

Yeah, can't say I flood the floor either. My damp rag is a mop though. I've never put enough water down to get down between the oak flooring. Just enough to grab dirt and dust as I run the mop over it. I use non sudsing ammonia, so a rinse isn't even necessary.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

How about a box mounted sideways to the floor next to the wall?

That's a good idea, too, for a couple of them. Just saw that on a ewetube video.