A cord with a male connector on each end is clearly a safety concern but what code section would clearly prohibit this?
406.6(B) Connection of Attachment Plugs. Attachment plugs
shall be installed so that their prongs, blades, or pins are not
energized unless inserted into an energized receptacle or
cord connectors. No receptacle shall be installed so as to
require the insertion of an energized attachment plug as its
source of supply.
In my opinion 406.6(B) but I keep being told the NEC does not apply to cords because cords are not installed.
I do not agree with that.
So the suicide cord I have in my garage because I didn't want the owner to take it with his generator (and actually use it) is somehow contraband?
Only if you install it.So the suicide cord I have in my garage because I didn't want the owner to take it with his generator (and actually use it) is somehow contraband?
Being a UT (Texas) alumnus I refer to these as "Aggie extension cords".A cord with a male connector on each end is clearly a safety concern but what code section would clearly prohibit this?
Being a UT (Texas) alumnus I refer to these as "Aggie extension cords".
When I was an inspector our boss used to tell us to just seize them. I'm sure that's not legal, but that's what we were told.
He must not have done much work in schools. Wiring in schools is like wiring in a hog barn, anything in reach of the occupant will be tampered with, so if they are not supposed to tamper with it it better at least be out of easy reach, but even then they will see it as a challenge to get to it.I had a fellow "electrician" make some to feed tables in a computer lab in a junior high. I managed to voice my displeasure without resorting to profanity, but it was a struggle. He told me "I don't think the students would ever unplug them".
Better that than cherry bombs...I had a school that had wall fixtures in a bathroom near the sinks, with missing lamp covers. They all had 200 watt lamps in them, why that high of wattage IDK, I was asked to come up with replacements that would be fairly tamper resistant. Turns out some of the boys had figured out those 200 watt bulbs made a near perfect seal for the outlet in the toilets and liked to put them in the toilets and then flush and leave the roomhmy:
It is clearly, IMO, an NEC violation.
I will be sending the SWAT team over shortly to run the garage down with a tank and take possession of that dangerous weapon.
Besides, all it would take is a cruiser and a deputy with a can of lock de-icer. If the deputy would thaw out the lock on the garage door for me I would just give him the cord in order to express my gratitude.
You have no sense of showmanship, your way will not make the news.
Ferry season is done, snowmobile is just starting.Stuff like that is big news here.
He must not have done much work in schools. Wiring in schools is like wiring in a hog barn, anything in reach of the occupant will be tampered with, so if they are not supposed to tamper with it it better at least be out of easy reach, but even then they will see it as a challenge to get to it.