Electrical – Is it safe to splice these cords with tape instead of a terminal

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In the image below, you can see that I have two cords spliced together with a terminal block, all covered in a black piece of plastic. As the cover is not very attractive, and too bulky to easily hide, I'd like to just get rid of it, tape the individual cords together, and hide them in a small cable tray.

On the right side, there's a 60W lamp, on the left side is a three-way splice with the power source and another lamp.

I'm a complete beginner in this area, so my question is simple: is this safe to do?

joined cords

Best Answer

No, I would not do that.

  • First the one cord has a ground wire apparently not being picked up by the second cord. They both should have the ground wire.
  • Secondly it is not a safe procedure to splice a 120 VAC line without it being protected in an approved box.
  • Third the splice should be made with an approved connector, such as a wire nut or crimp.

The best way would be to replace the entire cord with one continuous wire.

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