250V Receptacle fed with 120V.

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bcorbin said:
I've got an L6-20R receptacle fed with 120V, for lighting.

The lighting fixture has a L5-20P plug.

The cord isn't long enough to begin with, so it is going to have to be replaced anyway.

Is it a violation of the NEC to put a cord and L6-20P plug on the lighting fixture?

Obviously, it will still function properly, but it is conceivable that someone might at some point try to plug it in to an actual 250V receptacle because it "looks right". And of course, bad things will happen then.
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As it is now the issue was created by some other jack-leg that seemed to not know any better.

I would say, since you are aware of the problem, you should change the receptacle out to the correct voltage/amperage configuration and leave the male cap matched to the voltage rating of the fixture. Otherwise you would somewhat be violating 110.4 by putting a 240v male cap on a piece of equipment that is only rated for 120 volts by falsely presenting it to be 240v rated by installing the wrong male cap your fixing to put on the cord.

You know its not right so don't make someone elses mistake make you lower your standards.

nothing will be damaged as long as the voltage at the receptacle matches the voltage of the equipment being plugged into it.
If someone comes along later and sees that the receptacle is only 120v rated and decides to change it back to 240v then they need to change the receptacle back to 240v.

JMHO

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