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Posted by zxcvbob on June 11, 2006, 7:50 pm
Mike wrote:
> When the walls of my house were open I wired two exterior lights and
> left a coil of 12-2 in what was then a rather inaccesible basement
> area. The inaccessible area is now accessible and I have brought the
> 12-2 to my panel. It is 1.5" feet short... gets in the panel about
> five inches beyond strain relief but not to the busses.
>
> I can splice the 12-2 to a piece of 12-2 in a box outside the panel.
> But, does code allow me to butt splice inside the panel? I would butt
> split black, green, and white 12ga wire to the 12-2 coming in. This
> seems pretty simple but I am not sure if code allows this. Does it?
>
> Another option would be for me to take the 12-2 from the exterior
> lights and feed this from an existing fixture in the basement. I'd
> rather not do this---I do not want to combine exterior lights and
> basement lights on the same circuit. I do not know if code allows this
> but it seems messy to me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> mh
>
The panel is a great big junction box. You can do anything inside it
that you could do in any other junction box.
The inspector might not like it if he's an asshole, but that's his
problem not yours. Try to make it look as "workmanly" as possible (just
don't trim things too tight trying to make it look neat.)
Make sure you use UL listed connectors.
Best regards,
Bob
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