I’m rewiring a kitchen (San Jose, CA). I’ve added a receptacle at the end of our kitchen peninsula. This is the last receptacle on one of the two 20 amp circuits for appliances.
I routed 12/2 romex along the “back” of the peninsula from the previous receptacle at the wall. This goes behind a built in microwave, a range, and three drawers. The box itself is a shallow single gang box (a standard depth box is unlikely to fit the clearance of the drawer).
The inspector indicated this cable needs to be protected. What are the options here? Do I need to run armored cable? And if so how does that feed into the box with integral clamps? If not, can I enclose the current wire with non metallic tubing that terminates outside the box? Or are 1x2 runners sufficient in a case like this?
