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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Basically you want to assemble a wire with an outlet on one end and a plug on the other. There are a few ways to accomplish this that would work safely and look neat (though not necessarily all be up to code technically speaking).
The outlet part could be a standard RV outlet with the insulation displacement connectors attached to appropriate wire (i.e. Romex). That would probably be the best looking and least bulky approach. There are other surface mount and boxed options.
The wire running back could be Romex, or it could be an extension cord with the normal female end cut off and the wires attached to the outlet in some suitable manner. If it's Romex running back, you could attach a plug directly to the Romex, which should be OK if you don't intend to disconnect it except for servicing. Romex, or other solid wire, is not suitable for frequent bending and unbending.
You could run Romex back to a box near the inverter, and either splice it in the box to a flexible leader or install a panel-mount male plug in the box to connect to the inverter with a short cord of some sort. This latter option would probably be my own preference. The plug needn't be specifically an Edison plug (i.e. a standard 120V appliance plug), although that would probably be the most convenient in general.
The outlet part could be a standard RV outlet with the insulation displacement connectors attached to appropriate wire (i.e. Romex). That would probably be the best looking and least bulky approach. There are other surface mount and boxed options.
The wire running back could be Romex, or it could be an extension cord with the normal female end cut off and the wires attached to the outlet in some suitable manner. If it's Romex running back, you could attach a plug directly to the Romex, which should be OK if you don't intend to disconnect it except for servicing. Romex, or other solid wire, is not suitable for frequent bending and unbending.
You could run Romex back to a box near the inverter, and either splice it in the box to a flexible leader or install a panel-mount male plug in the box to connect to the inverter with a short cord of some sort. This latter option would probably be my own preference. The plug needn't be specifically an Edison plug (i.e. a standard 120V appliance plug), although that would probably be the most convenient in general.
