"Wire", eh? Romex NM / UF / SE / MH / qualquer cabo de construção multicondutor está fora de questão. Não é flexível e é feito para uso imóvel em locais protegidos, como atrás de paredes, vigas, no subsolo ou em conduítes. Você não pode usar o cabo de construção para cabos flexíveis .
Mesmo que você tenha cordão adequado , você não poderá usar cabos de extensão homebrew com uma caixa manual e um cabo. Especificamente, 400.8 proíbe quaisquer cabos flexíveis
- Used as substitutes for the fixed wiring of a structure.
- Run through holes in walls, structural ceilings, suspended or dropped ceilings, or floors.
- Run through doorways, windows, or similar openings.
- Attached to building surfaces.
- Concealed by walls, floors, or ceilings — or located above suspended or dropped ceilings.
- Installed in raceways, except as permitted elsewhere in the NEC.
- Used or installed in a manner that unduly exposes them to physical damage.
400.7 cria exceções onde você pode usar cabos flexíveis:
- Pendants [210.50(A) and 314.23(H)] if the cords are identified for pendant use in Table 400.4.
- Wiring of luminaires as allowed by 410.24(A) and 410.62(B).
- Connection of portable luminaires, portable and mobile signs, or appliances as allowed in 422.16 [400.7(A)(3), but when used with attachment plugs [400.7(B)].
- Elevator cables.
- Wiring of cranes and hoists.
- Connection of utilization equipment to facilitate frequent interchange [422.16], but only when used with attachment plugs [400.7(B)].
- Prevention of the transmission of noise or vibration [422.16].
- Appliances where the fastening means and mechanical connections are specifically designed to permit ready removal for maintenance and repair, and the appliance is intended or identified for flexible cord connections [422.16], but only when used with attachment plugs [400.7(B)].
- Connection of moving parts.
- Where specifically permitted elsewhere in the NEC.