NEC flexible cord rules forbid passing the cord through walls. While this is not applied to, say, a kitchen cabinet side (for the dishwasher), it's a lot harder to call a pile of bricks just a 'partition.'
If the cord can't be unplugged and pulled through the wall in one piece, that would constitute permanent wiring, to me, and be a violation.
Hello,
Does anyone know if code allows to run a factory wired barbecue grill cord through a 12" thick paver patio wall w/pvc sleeve to a GFCI on the back side? Can't find anything in the code book on this. Thanks in advance.
Eric
Amen, brother Ben. Shot at the goose but killed the hen:grin:Code probably does not allow it but I would not lose a minutes sleep worrying about it.
If the sleeve was large enough than it would work?
As far as the permanent wiring issue, I believe so.
If the cord has to be taken apart to go through the sleeve, I would see that as an NEC issue. If not, then I don't see it as an NEC issue. Nothing in the NEC says you can't slide a sleeve around a cord that is part of a UL approved device.
How is the wiring permanent if you can unplug it?
I would say that due to the fact it takes tools to remove it.
Besides that, cords can't be used where run through holes in walls. They can't be installed in raceways, either. So one would have to argue if the sleeve is a raceway or not.
Another issue is UL. Is the unit still UL approved if the cord was removed, slid through a sleeve and then re-assembled?