- May 13, 2021
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Hello, I have a horizontal outlet box that is in a cutout in ceramic tile. For this reason I want/need to salvage the box, or at the very least the cutout.
I'd like to buy and use one of those taps that has a small shelf on top. To use those, however, it must be plugged in to a receptacle that is positioned vertically.
Although it's a typical single gang, two receptacle outlet, I only need one, vertically oriented receptacle for this to work.
I can think of three possible solutions, but I cannot find any hardware or actual "things" to implement them. So in my mind these are theoretical solutions, but I see no reason why there shouldn't be products for them.
1. A receptacle like this,
but which is rotated 90 degrees, or which can be adjustably rotated according to user preference.
2. A similar product, but which mounts vertically into a horizontal box, with very short arms, and with an accompanying box that accepts an outlet mounted to the short sides instead of to the long ends.
3. A receptacle that mounts into a traditional single gang box, but which -- if the box is horizontal -- has its receptacles side by side, oriented vertically, instead of one above the other. I suspect this thing probably exists, but it is probably hard to find and very expensive. Yet I have not seen one.
Once again, I cannot change the orientation of the existing cutout, and I do not want to add or extend anything else onto the wall near this location.
Any ideas? THANK YOU!
I'd like to buy and use one of those taps that has a small shelf on top. To use those, however, it must be plugged in to a receptacle that is positioned vertically.
Although it's a typical single gang, two receptacle outlet, I only need one, vertically oriented receptacle for this to work.
I can think of three possible solutions, but I cannot find any hardware or actual "things" to implement them. So in my mind these are theoretical solutions, but I see no reason why there shouldn't be products for them.
1. A receptacle like this,
but which is rotated 90 degrees, or which can be adjustably rotated according to user preference.
2. A similar product, but which mounts vertically into a horizontal box, with very short arms, and with an accompanying box that accepts an outlet mounted to the short sides instead of to the long ends.
3. A receptacle that mounts into a traditional single gang box, but which -- if the box is horizontal -- has its receptacles side by side, oriented vertically, instead of one above the other. I suspect this thing probably exists, but it is probably hard to find and very expensive. Yet I have not seen one.
Once again, I cannot change the orientation of the existing cutout, and I do not want to add or extend anything else onto the wall near this location.
Any ideas? THANK YOU!
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