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Posted by on April 5, 2008, 9:20 pm
On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:49:38 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:
>>I need to lengthen some old wiring in order to make all the wires of a 3-way
>>switch come together in a recessed lighting box that I am installing in a
>>first floor ceiling (no insulation).
>>
>>In doing some web research, I see that splices can be done, but they must be
>>done in a junction box, and must be accessible.
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>>It is the second part that is confusing me. How can I make the junction box
>>accessible when I just need to lengthen the wire by about a foot in the
>>ceiling of a finished area? It wouldn't be a big deal to remove the light
>>fixture, but "accessible" to me means the box is visible or in some access
>>door.
>
>What "accessible" means _to_you_ is not relevant. What _is_ relevant is its
>meaning in the National Electrical Code: "Capable of being removed or exposed
>without damaging the building structure or finish, or not permanently closed
>in by the structure or finish of the building."
>
>What's above the ceiling?
Actually if you can remove the new ceiling box and access the old one
witthout disturbing the buildiing finish it is accessible. That is the
way you get to the box in a recessed can.
I am thinking big hole, big goof ring around the luminaire, preferably
with a big base.
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