110v Outlets from Extension Cord
I plan to install a hard-wired PSW inverter and run one extension cord to my entertainment center and another to a cabinet in the bedroom. I want it to look like a regular outlet by plugging the exte...
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SoundGuy wrote:
Go to www.dg-usa.com and on Page 2 of "110 Electrical Products" you'll find Product #WDR15WT. These are the exact same type of duplex receptacles already installed throughout your rig.
SkiSmuggs wrote:
Not exactly what I wanted, but close. Instead of extension cords, I could put a male plug on the end of Romex for the inverter end and just connect the wire to these in the cabinet.
15 amp male plugs are intended to be wired with stranded wire cable, not solid, while duplex receptacles such as the type I linked to earlier are intended to be wired with solid wire cable, not stranded. The solution is to run a stranded wire cable with a 15 amp plug on one end that plugs into the inverter to a junction box where the ends of the stranded cable can be spliced to solid wire cables that then go on to feed the various duplex receptaces you've installed wherever you want a dedicated 120 vac being provided by the inverter. Couldn't be simpler. :)
