Kitchen countertop appliance outlets

What is the required distance between kitchen small appliance recepticals when installed over countertops as per the National Electric Code? If you're talking about the standard countertops, it's no more than four feet between receptacles. And of course they have to be GFCI protected. What about other receptacles in the kitchen that are not over countertops? Such as near the breakfast table, behind the fridge, etc? All GFCI? Are they on the 6'/12' rule? -- Jim The fridge receptacle should go in the same space as the fridge. It's a good idea to put the fridge on a dedicated non-GFCI circuit. You wouldn't want to come home after a vacation and find the fridge's GFCI tripped. Non-countertop receptacles follow the 6'/12' rule. Is the electrical work extending beyond the kitchen? The dinning room for example? The sink, refrigerator, oven, and cooking range are considered breaks in the counter, in the same way a doorway breaks a wall in living areas Marking the counter receptacles is fairly straightforward, take a measurement from the end of the counter then measure along the counter to reach 24” and mark a receptacle. Then measure a distance of no more that 48” to the next receptacle, and continue marking the counter receptacles at a maximum distance between receptacles at 48” unless you reach a stove, refrigerator, oven, sink or something permanent that breaks the counter area. When one of these are encountered then start over with the 24”, because the appliance made a new end of the counter. Remember to look back to make sure that your last receptacle that you marked is within 24” of the end of the counter that you just encountered. Now look for any counter space that is less than 24” but more than 12” and also mark a receptacle over this counter space. Each counter space wider than 12” must have a receptacle serving that counter area. One clarification of the four foot apart rule. It's actually a no more than 24 rule. This is the same as the four foot rule if you understand that you must also have a receptacle within 24 of the end of each counter.

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