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: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.
UL listed outlets with screw terminals and screwed clamps are (at least in the vast majority of cases) listed for use with stranded wire, and stranded wire is acceptable and listed for household wiring. It's most commonly used in conduit work; pulling solid wire through conduit is usually not practical, and using Romex doubly so because it generally forces one to use larger conduit than otherwise to achieve acceptable fill ratios etc.
