On May 4, 10:10*pm, Rick-Meister wrote:
Article 400.8 says you cannot run flexible cord through holes in
walls, strutural ceilings, suspended ceilings, dropped ceilings, or
floors.

If he was going to punch a hole through the wall, he may as well have
run Romex or surface mount conduit back into the closet and installed
a regular outlet box there with a standard receptacle in it. *

Well, if he's true to his word and leaves all the electrical work to a
licensed electrician (like he says he does on all his projects)
hopefully the electrician won't use the cord that Paul cut and
threaded though the stud.