Name: Sam
Question: I bought 120V Halogen puck lights from Home Depot and was planning on cutting the plug and direct wiring them to a 14-2 wire. I just wanted to know if this was a violation in the NEC since in Washington state that all they require. I was told there is a higher risk of a fire potential for this approach.
Answer: Hi Sam,
There is no problem with cutting the plugs off. You just have to make sure that you lay everything out in such away you have a junction box for your connection. What is a fire hazard is to connect the light to the 14-2 with out a junction box. The purpose of a junction box ix to prevent sparks for a bad junction from causing a fire.
Here is a link to some more answer to this problem. Please comment on anything you see.
http://www.philadelphia-electricians-how-to.com/search?q=under+cabinet
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