Hiya Folks, I'm in the process of putting some cabinets up in my laundry room. In the process, I am putting in a pantry and there is a receptacle that could be covered up. I know that all junctions need to be accessible so I am initially planning to cut a hole in the side of the pantry to access the receptacle. But one question comes to mind and for the life of me, I cannot find my NEC code book. If this receptacle is at the end of a circuit, can I simply remove the receptacle, cap the wires and put a blank cap over it? There would then be no "junctions" per se and I could try to track down the other ends of the wires and disconnect them too. Keeping in mind that a pantry will then go over the blank plate. I suspect the answer is no but thought I'd ask the collective wisdom of the group. Thanks much. Cheers, cc
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16 years ago