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In Reply to: RE: no AC plug, no socket posted by paco on May 25, 2021 at 23:42:47
No AC plug, no socket, and no strain relief for the wiring. It's not a safe thing to post in a public forum. The message should be moved to Tweakers' Asylum where folks tend to have good sensibilities about the matter, and would be quick to point-out the lack of insight and carelessness.
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"WARNING! don't even try this unless you know very well what you're doing, since it may be VERY dangerous!" Did you miss this in paco's post?
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wrong! there is strain relief, but you don't see it on the pic; this is very close to the floor, where the big power cord is happily supported by several isolating beds
i'm doing this tweak for more than 25 years in many different homes; with care, never a problem! as i said, don't even try if you don't know very well what you're doing
As long as the cord conductors are sized for the branch circuit ampere rating I can't see why it would not meet code here in the US.
I do have a question. After you hard wire the power cord to the branch circuit wiring do you then check for the correct AC polarity orientation?
> > > As long as the cord conductors are sized for the branch circuit ampere rating I can't see why it would not meet code here in the US.
no legal problem here in Spain either...
> > > I do have a question. After you hard wire the power cord to the branch circuit wiring do you then check for the correct AC polarity orientation?
well, it's not really hardwire, if by that we understand soldering; those screw connectors are really easy to use, and very common here among electricians
as for polarity, of course i checked it, but i did it before connecting, to determine live, neutral and earth
paco said:
" well, it's not really hardwire, if by that we understand soldering; those screw connectors are really easy to use, and very common here among electricians "
Here in the US it is considered hard wired if a plug and receptacle is not used to connect the power cord to the branch circuit wiring.
paco said:
" as for polarity, of course i checked it, but i did it before connecting, to determine live, neutral and earth "
The correct AC polarity I am talking about is the AC Line hot and neutral polarity orientation connection to the IEC connector on the power cord.
You used the black and red conductors of the power cord for the current carrying Line conductors. Which one, color, did you use for the neutral? I assume the color you picked is connected to the neutral contact on the IEC connector.
FWIW, here is the US the white color conductor would be used for the neutral conductor. One of the other conductors would be used for the hot. More than likely the black conductor. The red would be used for the EGC, (Equipment Grounding Conductor), and marked continuously with green marking tape the entire length of exposed area beyond the jacket of the cord.
don't worry, i always use one of those test screw drivers to determine live on the AC line, then i proceeded accordingly for the IEC plug to receive the live in the right place; ground is obvious; many years doing that, OK?
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