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Posted by Postal68 on May 3, 2007, 10:35 am


I want to put in a garbage disposal. The closest outlet that I can draw
power from is on a side wall from my sink.

It is about 3 feet from the sink to the wall/corner, and the outlet is about
another 2 feet on the next wall.

Can I run a conduit line on the outside of the wall to the sink and feed it
into the side of the cabinet to give power to a disposal?
It would run behind the refrigerator so it would not be seen at all,

Or do I have to cut open the plaster and run it behind the wall or run a
line from an existing line in the basement and come up through the floor and
base of the cabinet?

Opinions?
Options ?





Posted by Doug Miller on May 3, 2007, 10:44 am


>I want to put in a garbage disposal. The closest outlet that I can draw
>power from is on a side wall from my sink.
>
>It is about 3 feet from the sink to the wall/corner, and the outlet is about
>another 2 feet on the next wall.
>
>Can I run a conduit line on the outside of the wall to the sink and feed it
>into the side of the cabinet to give power to a disposal?

You probably *could*, but it's not clear to me why you would want to. How will
you attach the conduit to the outlet box?

>It would run behind the refrigerator so it would not be seen at all,
>
>Or do I have to cut open the plaster and run it behind the wall

You'd need to cut open the plaster to attach conduit to the outlet box anyway,
right?

>or run a
>line from an existing line in the basement and come up through the floor and
>base of the cabinet?
>
>Opinions?

Since you have a basement beneath it, the easiest and neatest way is to come
up from the basement.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Posted by Jeff Wisnia on May 3, 2007, 12:18 pm


Doug Miller wrote:
>
>>I want to put in a garbage disposal. The closest outlet that I can draw
>>power from is on a side wall from my sink.
>>
>>It is about 3 feet from the sink to the wall/corner, and the outlet is about
>>another 2 feet on the next wall.
>>
>>Can I run a conduit line on the outside of the wall to the sink and feed it
>>into the side of the cabinet to give power to a disposal?
>
>
> You probably *could*, but it's not clear to me why you would want to. How will
> you attach the conduit to the outlet box?
>
>
>>It would run behind the refrigerator so it would not be seen at all,
>>
>>Or do I have to cut open the plaster and run it behind the wall
>
>
> You'd need to cut open the plaster to attach conduit to the outlet box anyway,
> right?

Not if he went the Wiremold route and used one of their extenders over
the outlet box. Here's the "DIY" page on their website:

http://www.wiremold.com/www/consumer/projects/overview/index.asp

Should be available in most big box stores.

I'm no code mavin, but I see that stuff used in many places, so it's
probably kosher.

HTH,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

>
>
>>or run a
>>line from an existing line in the basement and come up through the floor and
>>base of the cabinet?
>>
>>Opinions?
>
>
> Since you have a basement beneath it, the easiest and neatest way is to come
> up from the basement.
>


Posted by Terry on May 3, 2007, 12:38 pm


On Thu, 3 May 2007 10:35:51 -0400, "Postal68"

>I want to put in a garbage disposal. The closest outlet that I can draw
>power from is on a side wall from my sink.
>
The easiest way could be to run the cable into the basement and put it
on an existing circuit in the basement.

Posted by sym on May 3, 2007, 8:36 pm


> I want to put in a garbage disposal. The closest outlet that I can draw
> power from is on a side wall from my sink.
>
> It is about 3 feet from the sink to the wall/corner, and the outlet is about
> another 2 feet on the next wall.
>
> Can I run a conduit line on the outside of the wall to the sink and feed it
> into the side of the cabinet to give power to a disposal?
> It would run behind the refrigerator so it would not be seen at all,
>
> Or do I have to cut open the plaster and run it behind the wall or run a
> line from an existing line in the basement and come up through the floor and
> base of the cabinet?
>
> Opinions?
> Options ?

come up from the basement for a neater and probabaly easier job. youll
need a switch to turn it on and off unless its one that the switch is
built in.


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