basic story is I had an outlet on a wall. During kitchen reno I covered that outlet with a base cabinet. I need that outlet for use. I was planning to run a conduit ( 20amp outlet) similar to this photo and have the outlet mounted on side of cabinrt but able to be plugged into from outside of cabinet.


My question is what box should I use? Home depot said to use this box

however the box has some slits into it that that make it not entirely enclosed.
is this ok? per code? it will be mounted on top part of the cabinet less that 6 inches from top of base cabinet. I'm a little concerned someone putting stuff into the cabinet might come into contact (I could shield it with some wood)

input is requested

 

The holes are pretty small. Unless you had children it would be pretty tough for anything to get into the box. You could build a small box around it too.

 

It's OK, this is done all the time.
It's also OK to come in contact, or touch the box. When attaching outlet to this remodel box, be sure to ground the receptacle via the grounding screw and ground the box via a tapped hole in back or with a grounding clip.
You also might want to use a tamper proof GFCI outlet. All your bases are covered.

 

I hope you are not saying the box is buried behind the cabinet. If so you have a code violation.

 

I see your point Jim.... what happened to the receptacle that was in the wall ?

 

yes the box is behind the cabinet i cut a square to be able to access the box. i was planning to tie the conduit wire to the wire in the outlet behind the cabinet and then covering it with a steel cover with an outlet(knockout) for the conduit conduit would then be trailed to the new outlet as in the first picture above. this was suggested by the elec dept at lowes and HD as follows the actual practice we saw in our newly constructed condo that we moved out of.

 

if not done this way how else could an wire come out of a wall trhu a cabinet or thru a floor to an island for example?

 

So long as the box in the wall remains accessible no problem.

 

You're OK.
The box "behind" cabinets that you are extending to the side of the cabinet needs to be accessible. Sounds like you did this.
An island is a different story. That doesn't apply to you (I hope). Island requires digging up foundation and conduit ran under slab, if indeed there is a slab.

 

Nope no island. I used that as an example. Box is accessible as i wanted to leave possible acces for future