Removing a middle of the run outllet

[trader_4]

Or wire it a different way that eliminates the run between the boxes.

[Dean Hoffman]

Would it be practical to take the inbound wire from Box B directly to Box C? Eliminate whatever wiring is going from A to C.

[Hawk]

Junction box cover. Not drywall.

[Hawk]

THen you'll need to remove the wire and re-run new wire within the wall from outlet A to outlet C. Then you can hide the wire behind the drywall.

[ArghArgh]

*snip*

Going up to the new house this weekend and going to open the outlet boxes to get a better view.

Starting to think box B is an octopus connection to box C and another outlet.

[philo]

It's seems senseless to remove an outlet. If you don't need it. then don't use it.

[ArghArgh]

I wouldn't normally but it's 3 feet up the wall right above another one.

[Mayayana]

"ArghArgh" [e-mail] wrote

| I wouldn't normally but it's 3 feet up the wall right above another one.

Join the wires the way they are in the outlet, using wire nutrs covered by electrical tape. Many electricians don't bother with electrical tape, but it's a nice thing for good measure, just in case sometime down the line there's sparking, for whatever reason.

Then put on a blank plate. It's neither legal nor safe to bury a junction.

[philo]

Correct, so the OP might as well have an outlet showing as the only alternative would be a plate.

[dpb]

On 6/26/2020 9:10 AM, philo wrote: ...

It's not the ONLY alternative, no.

It's perfectly legal remove the outlet/box as long as there are no inaccessible junctions/connections when he's done.

Several ways have been broached that that could be accomplished; the simplest is yet indeterminate w/o seeing the actual existing connections.

[Jim Joyce]

*Sometimes* an outlet is better off if it's removed. :-)

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[Sam E]

[snip]

Some would call that extra outlet "ugly". Those for whom ugly seems to be a synonym for useful.

[George R]

[snip]

You could feel differently when all the outlets at "normal" height are hidden behind heavy furniture.

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

I find useful things to look better, so would rather have the outlet than a blank.

BTW, the blank would still be better than a plate with a useless 1/4" round hole in it. I've seen a lot of those.

[trader_4]

That doesn't solve the problem. He has a receptacle in an unsightly location on the wall and a cover plate is going to look as bad or worse. And he has the wall open, which makes it easy to eliminate it altogether.

[Clare Snyder]

I SUSPECT the upper outlet is "teed off" from the lower outlet and is not in a "loop" - so he can disconnect the feed from the lower box to the upper box. If - as I suspect, the upper was added "after the fact" the cable will not be stapled according to code and will be able to be stripped out of the wall and the upper box removed. If it is stapled he will need to cut it off flush at the lower box to be sure it can never be reconnected - then he can remove/ fill/cover the upper box and be within code.

[Clare Snyder]

I actually have a similar circuit but it is done "right" if there is such a thing. The plug is on a flex cord, attached to the box with a proper strain relief bushing. It allows the attached light to be connected to a UPS through an RF controlled remote control switch.

[ArghArgh]

*SNIP*

I opened up box B. For sure this is just an octopus, inbound from box A, powering box B, powering to box C and powering off to some other box.

So the simple solution is to eliminate box B and make box A the octopus. Not optional, but lower powered devices will only be plugged there and this is a house build 2 years ago.