Timeline for What is the proper way to power an in wall monitor for a new construction home?
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| Jul 17, 2016 at 23:36 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @RyanLazuka -- the AC adapter can live behind the monitor as it brings its own box with it ;) | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 15:46 | comment | added | Ryan Lazuka | @ThreePhaseEel When going the "recessed receptacle route", where would the "AC adapter" be housed? Is a junction box needed for that, in order to comply with code? Or can the AC adapter be tucked behind the monitor? | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 2:30 | history | edited | ThreePhaseEel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2016 at 2:26 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @keshlam -- boxing out and using a recessed outlet I think is the right answer given that he's dealing with an external AC adapter -- the problem comes in finding parts that fit the space at hand ;) | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 2:25 | history | edited | ThreePhaseEel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2016 at 0:49 | comment | added | keshlam | @threephaseeel:if the panel isn't permanently mounted into the wall -- if there is anything resembling the ability to lift or swing it away for service -- it seems to me that the resulting small wiring closet can be built as an alcove, leaving the power cord technically outside the wall. Yes, you might have to box that space out properly and perhaps line it with plasterboard, but this strikes me as the Correct Solution based on every other flavor of built-in I've seen. But I am an amateur, so if code makes the reasonable unacceptable I'm not in a position to argue with it. | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 0:35 | comment | added | Ryan Lazuka | Come to find out there is a small transformer that comes with this monitor. Please see the edited version of this question. Your help is much appreciated. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 23:36 | history | edited | ThreePhaseEel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 16, 2016 at 23:36 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Also, you can't bury the recessed receptacle in the wall as otherwise the j-box would be inaccessible, whoops! This means you have to get the cord to it...somehow? :P | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 23:26 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | HOWEVER -- there's a major problem with concealing cords (assuming that the finish would conceal the wiring here), and that's that 400.8 point 5 prohibits it in a blanket fashion unless you could somehow apply 400.7(A) point 8 (i.e. make the monitor readily removable for maintenance and repair, which does not sound to be the case) | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 23:22 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @keshlam -- somewhat true. It does help if you have to replace it with a different model and the power inlet moves... | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 23:19 | comment | added | keshlam | .... Though using a recessed outlet puts you in a far better place if/when you want to replace that monitor. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 23:08 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @DanD. -- the 400.7/400.8 rules are specific to cord material (i.e. SJ/SO/SPT/...) There is nothing in the Code that I can find that prohibits a Chapter 3 wiring method from terminating in an appropriate, field-fitted plug or socket. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 23:00 | comment | added | Dan D. | Shouldn't one use a recessed outlet and a short cord to connect the display to that outlet and not put a connector on NM which would be effectively using NM as an extension cord? | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 22:45 | history | edited | ThreePhaseEel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 16, 2016 at 22:45 | comment | added | Ed Beal | What you suggest meets code and would be far better than splicing. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 22:41 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | If anyone has a better idea of how to effectively hardwire utilization equipment equipped with power inlet connectors instead of screw terminals or such, please speak up! | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 22:39 | history | answered | ThreePhaseEel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |