Thread: 240v receptacle next to gas valve

240v receptacle for clothes dryer is very to gas valve. Both are recessed in a furred wall. Is it OK to have the electric and gas so close to each other? And the recessed installation is no good due to lack of access...correct?

Thanks.

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They wind up close sometimes like another post of the stove outlet and the gas line. A larger access panel might be a good idea. But it looks like the dryer cord is fished in the wall. That would be a violation.

The photo is a bit dark but it looks like that is a box back in there with no cover, and if that is the case then the box needs to be brought forward to at least within 1/4" of the surface of the drywall and the drywall needs to be tight around the box - which would mean there would not be any access to the gas valve, so that means ... that it all needs to be corrected in some suitable manner as a 'quick and easy fix' will only create additional problems.

Looks to me like a surface mount receptacle has been enclosed in a wall. The receptacle either needs to be moved so it on the surface of the wall or replaced with a box and box mounted receptacle.

The dryer cord definitely can't be in the wall.