Eh nuts, listed (3) twice, didn't I? I meant to say "A case could be made for both 400.7(A)(3) as an appliance and 400.7(A)(6) Connection of utilization equipment to permit frequent interchange".
When I say "power strip" I actually mean "surge supressor" which is.... ah... an appliance for stopping surges and not just acting as a relocatable power tap, right??
It's sad when a lawyer would be better able to tell us how we do electrical work than we can. And when we run into technicalities like a power strip vs a surge supressor. There's something wrong with that. Maybe that's what gets me- when I try to apply logic to a legal document and get frustrated when I can't find the code that lets me do what I think I should be able to do something that makes sense not just permitted but quite literally required in far more restrictive applications.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=plAAuk9VwLs What does this youtube have to do with this topic you might ask? Well, try to imagine what might happen to a plug under those conditions... (If you're having trouble imagining, it looks something like this:
http://www.aeronavlabs.com/shockfirst30degreemarlocoil.wmv ) Anyhow, that's why I didn't hesitate to consider just lopping off the plug and hardwiring.
