Kitchen Appliances

Recessed wall receptacle helps when using kitchens appliances, such as a refrigerator, microwave, stove-top, warming drawer, etc… have minimum back wall space. Our new cabinet depth (24″ deep) refrigerator measures 25-1/2″. To slide tightly up against the back wall, we used a recessed clock receptacle for the power and a recessed water line dispenser for the ice maker. Both of these recessed far enough into the wall for the both connections to be in the wall.

The water line dispenser for the ice maker was easy to find at our local plumbing wholesaler or Home Depot, but the clock receptacle was harder than that. Most refrigerators come with a 5–6ft cord end. The cord end sometimes comes with an angled plug. The problem is that the angle of the cord does not plug into a standard clock receptacle. The answer was a Leviton Duplex device that was longer in recessed length to accommodate the angled cord.

~ by electricgroup on March 28, 2008.