Jack_Mackerel OP t1_j1nuepx wrote on December 25, 2022 at 11:16 PM

Reply to comment by ICYaLata in Acceptable locations for a dishwasher junction box? by Jack_Mackerel

The suggested area is in an adjacent cabinet (https://imgur.com/5KPnFvq), and instructions specify not to install the j-box behind the dishwasher (though they don't say anything about other locations within the dishwasher cabinet). If this was a new install I'd just do it as in the picture. Given the current location of the power cable and the available space beside the dishwasher in the dishwasher cabinet though, I feel like it would be a cleaner install to just put the j-box there (seems silly to drill a hole in the side of the cabinet to run the power line into an adjacent cabinet just to run the power right back in), but I only want to do it like that if there's not a compelling (i.e. safety or code) reason not to.

Fmlyhmalm t1_j1qa7jg wrote on December 26, 2022 at 3:23 PM

You don’t drill a hole to bring it into the adjacent cabinet you bring the wire back through the drywall to come through the back of the adjacent cabinet then with a power cord you run the the bottom corner of the adjacent cabinet back to the dishwasher. The romex that is there shouldn’t be left exposed to possible damage.