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Kitchen Island 11' x 4' - electrical outlets?

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

New construction, and we're about to pour concrete. We did run 3 electrical lines to the island (dishwasher, disposal and outlets), but where should I put electrical plugs? Yikes, never thought of this until now! I don't want a bunch of outlets, maybe two, but where can I put them that won't ruin my beautiful cabinets? Maybe on the end?

Please share with me your ideas, experience. Thanks in advance.

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8 years ago

If you post your island plan, people who know such things can better assist you.

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amygillis
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8 years ago
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amygillis
Original Author
8 years ago
I was having technical difficulties... sorry for the delay in getting a picture to post. :-)
sjhockeyfan325
8 years ago
First, an outlet is almost always required by code. In my city, you need one outlet per island, more if you want, and you can't put an outlet under an overhang that's more than something like 6" (I don't remember the exact distance). In any event, they wouldn't be too useful to you under the overhang anyway. In your configuration, I'd want two outlets - one to serve the left side of the sink and one to serve the right side of the sink. Is the picture your actual layout? If so, your KD didn't do you any favors, since there's no place to put outlets on the front. We had a 4" space designed into ours just for the outlet.
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8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Ours had room on the side beween the side and the drawers. We also put one on top. We use the one on top the most is seems. Plug mold under the overhang might work in your situation. And, in front of the sink perhaps there is space. There are also little single plugs - sillites(sp?)
suzanne_sl
8 years ago
We just had a question about this a few days ago that resulted in some helpful info

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/3609571/outlets-on-the-island-where-and-how-many?n=10

We put our outlet on the backside of the island (the side that faces the refrigerator vs the side facing the sink),

but the reason it's there is because that is where we had a space inside a cabinet to place the box. The only space on the whole island was here inside the mixer lifter cabinet:

P.S. The granite is arriving in the morning!

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