Run Power Cord Behind Wall

The kit used in this guide is the ce tech cord and cable kit.

Run power cord behind wall.

Running extension cords from one end of a room to another and even through walls can be very easy and a good solution for putting appliances exactly where you want them. National electrical code 400 8 rolls through the things you can t do with cord and it s mostly a list of schemes to use them as a substitute for the permanent wiring of a structure. You should not run power cables through a wall as a substitute for permanent wiring ie wired outlets. Not actual electrical wires romax.

Of course it s illegal to run power cords inside walls. Instead a wall kit will put a power outlet directly behind your tv and run cable safe wire down to a plug where you ll attach an extension cable. Dragging extension cords across the yard to power the weed whip fumbling around in a dark shed most of us take these hassles for. The included extension cable connected to the lower.

While these can clean up things immensely there are other slightly more involved but still easy to install systems that allow the cables to be run behind walls. We show the easiest way using rigid conduit. Luckily there are code approved installation kits for running power up inside a wall that do not require and electrician. The only power cable you should run behind your wall are ones that come in a code friendly kit.

Feed the wires through the retro fit single gang box and then screw in the screws to secure them. An extension cable to run to an existing outlet. Flexible cords and cables shall not be used for the following. It s actually against one of the articles in the nec.

For more on this. 1 as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure 2 where run through holes in walls structural ceilings suspended ceilings. I would strongly suggest not running power cables through any walls. Data cables on the other hand can go right into the wall cavity.

Because we re only making an in wall extension cord there isn t any reason to turn off the power. The most common cable management systems conceal wires behind molded plastic raceways that run along the walls and baseboard. 3 where run through doorways windows or similar openings. When i say power cables i mean power cables for televisions receivers etc.