Re: Heavy duty extension cord repair

norminn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
aemeijers wrote:
Roger Shoaf wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I was surprised to find out that it's illegal to modify
extension cords for commercial use. That said.... I'd strip
the ends of the wire, connect the wires with twist on wire
nuts, and cover the resulting mess with a lot of electrical
tape.

What law makes it illegal to modify an extension cord?

Probably OSHA, or the state implementations thereof. You modify it, you void the UL type acceptance. Doesn't necessarily mean it is unsafe, just that it isn't blessed by experts any more. And even if the state doesn't care, the insurance underwriter probably does.

OSHA is occupational health/safety. More likely consumer protection issue.

Read it again, where he said 'commercial' use. Like on a construction site or a production floor or in an office. All places where I have seen plenty of hillbilly homemade cords. (Romex strung between trees, with non-weatherproof metal box and a duplex outlet on the end, without even a plate cover, anyone?)

I have been known, on occasion when visiting relatives and such, to rip out their hillbilly jury-rigged power setups to something or other, and go out an buy them a proper real cord.

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