Run Extension Cord Through Attic

Run electrical wires underground to reach sheds lights patios and other locations following safe wiring practices.

Run extension cord through attic.

Nec 400 8 uses not permitted ref. Running extension cord through attic for outdoor tv posted by charlie arglist on 6 1 13 at 6 39 pm to el jefe get an outdoor extension cord and a bunch of black electrical tape. Get comfortable in your favorite chair and start wrapping that electrical tape around the extension cord. There are many problems with this the main being that it s against code relevant section.

Cut the cable leaving plenty of slack and feed the cut end into the wall cavity and out through the wall hole as you did with the first box. Climb through the attic access using a ladder if necessary and look into the attic space. Extension cord flexible cords and cables shall not be used for the following. Familiarize yourself with the footing situation.

We show the easiest way using rigid conduit. I have tv cords that run up through the wall cap and plug into a surge protector resting on the floor of the attic which is then plugged into an outlet light fixture in the attic. With a flashlight examine the attic and locate the path that you will use to run the wire between the two locations. As a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure.

Roll out the cable through the basement or attic space to the next box location. No you can t run flexible cord through the ceiling walls.