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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joebedford wrote:
I cut the socket end off the extension cord and wired it directly to a domestic receptacle.
Wouldn't meet code but hey, who's to know? :W
That said, for connecting stranded wire to a standard home duplex receptacle with screw terminals designed to be wired using solid wire I'd first terminate the neutral & hot wires with ring terminals for a more positive connection. Unfortunately the speed receptacles commonly used in recreational vehicles have no screw terminals and should only be wired using solid wire cable.
