bnbowen@uiuc.edu
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We recently bought a "new" house with a nice brick fireplace with a wood mantel. We put the TV on the mantel and ran an extension cord for temporary power. There are soft cushions on the hearth. The cord runs under the cushions for now. What I would like to do is run steel Wiremold at the intersection of the wall and hearth and put an exterior cord inside the Wiremold. Then run up the wall to the back of the TV. The TV uses less than 3 amps. The 16/3 SJTW 75 degree C cord is rated at 13 amps. I was going to tape a ground wire to the cord from the steel Wiremold to the ground screw of the receptacle it plugs into. This whole setup is for mechanical protection of the wire and it would look nice. I know this against the code due to heating of the wire. However, the load will not change and is well below the rating of the wire. Would you do it in your house? Of course there is no inspector but... I don't want to burn down the house. Thanks, Brad