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:jake2250 wrote:
... and ran a six foot extension cord to the outlet, I cut the female side of the plug off and wired into the top receptacle of the outlet, I then cut the metal strips on both sides of the outlet plug that makes both top and bottom outlet recepticle hot.
Works pretty slick and looks clean!
Yeah, "slick & clean" ... and without doubt a blatant code violation. :E
Oh well, who's to know. :R
Probably so, but I am using a 12 gauge three wire cord, the only modification is to the female end,and all I did was make that end stationary by using the outlet.
Also, with that type of inverter, I have no way to hard wire out of it, it had two female 110 plugs, I would have to hack the inverter to hard wire it.
The way I see it is, I am using it in accordance with its directions. No difference than plugging it in to a 12v cigarette outlet and plugging the tv into it?
Matter of fact, it appears as though the extension cord has more insulation on it then the romex? And I am running way under the cords rated wattage? And what code would I follow UBC (Uniform Building
Code) UFC (Uniform Fire Code)? It has a license plate so it would fall under the MVC..
