Extension cord in permanent locations

[celtic]

Yes, NEMA does hold their conventions at Motel 6, they have been kicked out of all the decent hotels.:roll:

LMAO

Actually I'm not kidding. 4 ft. is not an industry standard. Some manufacturers offer a 6 ft. cord.

In product development it's hard to engineer for every possibility so it comes down to what works best most of the time. If there was a demand there would probably be a cord retractor like a vacuum cleaner.

Which brings us back to Bob-o and post #5 , maybe a ty-wrap or two for that "extra" length.

 

[jim dungar]

Why not?

I didn't say "You must not..."...or "it's a violation of article xxx.xx"

I said exactly what a professional MUST consider when altering the UL listing : If you are comfortable negating the UL listing ...
That "blanket statement" puts the onus of having the relisting on the professional.
Going back to my other post:
Doesn't it occur to you that the lenght of the cord is specific for a reason?
GDOs typically come with a 3' cord.
Why is that?
How did it become so "typical" ?
Did all the manufac.s collective agree that 3' should be the length?
Think it may have something to do with the unit's listing?

It is up to the AHJ to decide if a field modifcation warrants a relisting by UL.

You can not negate/void a device's UL Listing. The listing only says the manufactured built it a standard.
You can modify a device in a manner that makes the UL listing not relevant. In fact, you do this every time you put a hole into a NEMA 3R enclosure (including using the manufactures knockouts), after all UL has no way of knowing that you have properly sealed your penetration.

And I can believe that all GDOs have the same length cord. First it could be because there are only 2 or 3 actual manufacturers. Second there could be a Consumer Products Safety standard that regulates the cord length just like there is for counter top heating appliances.