Are there any regulations concerning placement of recepticals?
Here are some general guides: (heights pertain to electrical receptacles mounted in walls except where we note switches or other devices)
- 0 min receptacle height above floors indoors
- Min 6-1/2" above grade outdoors
- 9" low side reach minimum height above floor for ADA
- 14" to center of receptacle, above floor, in Canada, higher allowed.
- 15" minimum receptacle height to bottom of outlet box - California
- 15" minimum receptacle height above floor for ADA
- 16" to top of box - common install height above floor but see 18" below
- 18" (max?) above countertops
- 18" above floor to top of outlet box - standard practice among many electricians
- 40" maximum height above finished floor to switch for HUD Section 8 housing
- 42" floor to bottom of light switch box - some installers use 48" to the top of the box,
- 44" to top of box for bath vanity receptacles
- 44" to 46" - most electrical switches above floor to bottom of box
- 48" floor to center of light switch (max per NFPA)
- 48" maximum high forward reach for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
- 48" maximum height to top of outlet box - California
- 54" maximum high side reach (ADA)
- 5'6" maximum above floor level for receptacles meeting the 6' horizontal spacing rule (NEC 210-52)