I'm in Oregon, USA, and trying to figure out a code-compliant way of hiding a wall wart (AC/DC transformer) behind a small device (about 3"x3"; if it matters, the specific device is a smart garage door opener).
My (possibly XY) solution to this problem is to put a 2-gang box in the wall with a high/low voltage divider plate, wire in a snap-in outlet (or similarly small outlet) and mount the outlet in the divider plate, and plug in the wall wart (inside the junction box) to this outlet. I'll mount my device to a blank 2-gang plate, and run the 5v barrel connector through the blank plate.
However, my spidey senses say that this would be all sorts of a code violation. But I'm not sure what, if any, violation this would be. I'm separating high/low voltage with the divider plate, and the only wires I'm running through are the low voltage (5V) wires. Would this setup be legal under code?
Best Answer
As long as you have the high voltage separated from the low voltage and you do not over fill the box it would be legal as long as it is accessable, I use deep 4 square boxes with a blank cover plate regularly to encase small camera power supplies and I have not had any code issues in Lynn, Benton, or lane counties.