Definition of Cord & Plug connected Load?

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I am studying Mike's NEC Book 1. Page 67 gives the term "Cord-and-plug-connected load".

I can't find a definition for this and I do not want to try and extrapolate one.
(Like the cord load is the R of the wire and plug load is the load of the device plugged into the receptacle?)

Can someone please provide a sensible, practical, articulate definition?

Thanks!
 
I am not sure it needs much explanation other then it is any utilization equipment that is connected by cord and plug, ie, you plug it in.
 
jreed,

You know, that is probably a sleeping dog.

I have taken the "receptacle outlet" as the end of the "Premises Wiring (System)" and the plug, cord and utilization equipment as under a body of regulation (UL and other NRTLs) different from the NEC. The connection of the plug at the receptacle is the legal boundry between two bodies of legal regulation.

The way a manufacturer sizes the cord and chooses the configuration of the plug is not found in the NEC.

But, as I sit here, I wonder, is a night light, or a wall wart transformer for a cell phone, a "cord-and-plug-connected load"? Or similar utilization equipment that is designed to be entirely supported on the male tines of the plug? Something like the little fan / heaters that slowly release smells into a room when you put a chemical in them. . .

These are loads that are connected by plug, but there's no cord between the plug and the load.
 
al hildenbrand said:
jreed,

You know, that is probably a sleeping dog.

I have taken the "receptacle outlet" as the end of the "Premises Wiring (System)" and the plug, cord and utilization equipment as under a body of regulation (UL and other NRTLs) different from the NEC. The connection of the plug at the receptacle is the legal boundry between two bodies of legal regulation.
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I will wake that sleeping dog. :cool:

The NEC. Does it stop at the outlet or not?
 
jreed said:
Can someone please provide a sensible, practical, articulate definition?
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Perhaps.

"Cord-and-Plug-Connected Load": Utilization equipment supplied by connection to a receptacle outlet.

jreed, to get the full nuance, look up the two terms in red in Article 100 Definitions.
 
There probably were no wall-warts when that phrase was written. Maybe it should be reworded to say "Cord-and/or-plug-connected load"
 
LarryFine said:
There probably were no wall-warts when that phrase was written. Maybe it should be reworded to say "Cord-and/or-plug-connected load"
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I thought about that, as well, and the sticking point is that the "or" will expand the concept to include hard-wired cord connected load, which, I think, is a distinction that is different.
 
The term "cord and plug" is used in the NEC, with or without hyphens, 98 times, and an additional 40 times in the Handbook commentary.

Yet, it is not defined.

If something is connected to a receptacle outlet only by a plug, and no cord, then I have to wonder. . .
 
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