ELECTRICIANS PLEASE, When adding electricity to a new home, how many electrical outlets do you recommend per?

Question

room?

Answer 1

There should be one outlet every 8 feet. Best wishes

Answer 2

will the electricians wife do?
We rebuilt our home, and my husband is an electrician. He put 2 outets on each wall in the livingroom, so that there was no problem if we wanted a lamp in a certain place. There were 5 outlet in the dining room, 2 of them on the wall where the window was. The kitchen needs alot of electic power. One outlet at the end of each counter[so actually that means 2 on that wall] 1-2 on each wall in each bedroom, depending on the size of the room. The laundry room needs more, to suit the need. The bathroom needs an oulet by the mirror, and one floor level.

Answer 3

4

Answer 4

A double socket on every wall, at least. If you plan for concealed lighting as well, maybe you could get by with less. Don't forget high-mounted ones for TV, stereos, extractor fans, kitchen appliances. In a kitchen, you will need ones high & low for fridges, fridge/freezers, cooking hoods, eye-level grills. In a utility room, place about four separate sockets high up. Hiding them behind the appliances means that you risk your life trying to knock out the plug when your dryer overheats, and you have to scorch your hands dragging the unit away from the wall to access the socket.

And allow some for airconditioning, heaters. For plugging in garden power tools, you'll need one or two near a window overlooking the garden, front & back. You don't want those flexes trailing indoors, or across sinks. One or two in corridors or near a stairs for vacuum cleaners.

Answer 5

My husband is an electrician and he says he recommends 1 outlet per each wall and they have to be 6ft apart from the other outlets. Is what he recommends.

Answer 6

Ok, you will need at least 3 separate circuits in the kitchen- 2 small appliance circuits with no more than 6 receptacles on each, and 1 dedicated circuit (only one plug) for the fridge. **plugs within 6 ft of sinks and anything serving the counter top must be GFCI type

One circuit in the laundry room for washer, iron, etc...

One circuit serving only the bathroom. **GFCI plugs for anything within 6 ft of a tub or sink.

Obviously, the number of circuits for the bedrooms depends on the number of rooms there are, but I would try to have one for each. **Note the NEC now requires all circuits serving bedrooms to be protected by AFCI breakers**

as for the spacing, NEC requires that each plug serves a space of 6ft in both directions which means they can actually be 12ft apart, but I like them closer than that. Never put more than 8 plugs on each 20 amp circuit.

You also need to account for the 240 volt plugs for cooking ranges, clothes dryers and the power outside for the A/C unit

Answer 7

okay...

First... it's not so many outlets per room... as OUTLETS per circuit.

Local regulations require an outlet every 6 feet.

However most agree that on a 15 amp circuit... no more then 5 (duplex) outlets per "home run" to the breaker.

Answer 8

My father in law recommends two per wall. Sometimes they end up behind furniture so it's nice to have lots available.

Answer 9

6 minimum.

Answer 10

a double socket on each wall cant go wrong