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 extension into the back of the outlet inside the cabinets and having a single or dual outlet plate on the outside of the cabinet. I don't just want a hole with an extension cord hanging out. This should be similar to what you use to bring a 20a cord from the electric pedestal into your RV to use for a heater, but without any weather proofing. I've tried googling, but not sure what words to search with.

Why not just pull some romex and connect direct? Need a J-box near the inverter.If you have existing outlets near by you could run power to the distribution panel and connect with a small transfer switch.Otherwise the added outlet needs a box to cover the rear and you can add a plug pigtail to connect with the extension.

I am trying to avoid a bulky j-box in the cabinets. I am thinking something like the outlet multipliers (turns a dual outlet into 6), but mounts to a surface instead of plugging into an existing outlet.

I'll be doing this same mod to our own rig this spring, installing a duplex receptacle on each side of the bed and a third next to the galley. To that end I have 3 self contained duplex receptacles in my workshop waiting for the weather to warm. I bought them at our local RV dealer here in Ontario but they're manufactured by a US company called dg-usa. 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.

You can make it almost invisible if you feed your main panel. The wiring is already in the walls.

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.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. Thanks!http://dg-usa.com/product-catalog/#!/15-Amp-Decor-Receptacle-With-Cover-White/p/4676589/category=1174675I see they also come in brown or ivory giving DW some involvement in the process.

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2oldman
Explorer II
Feb 01, 2016
You can make it almost invisible if you feed your main panel. The wiring is already in the walls.
SoundGuy
Explorer
Feb 01, 2016
I'll be doing this same mod to our own rig this spring, installing a duplex receptacle on each side of the bed and a third next to the galley. To that end I have 3 self contained duplex receptacles in my workshop waiting for the weather to warm. I bought them at our local RV dealer here in Ontario but they're manufactured by a US company called dg-usa. 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
Explorer
Feb 01, 2016
I am trying to avoid a bulky j-box in the cabinets. I am thinking something like the outlet multipliers (turns a dual outlet into 6), but mounts to a surface instead of plugging into an existing outlet.
time2roll
Nomad
Feb 01, 2016
Why not just pull some romex and connect direct? Need a J-box near the inverter.

If you have existing outlets near by you could run power to the distribution panel and connect with a small transfer switch.

Otherwise the added outlet needs a box to cover the rear and you can add a plug pigtail to connect with the extension.

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