Great new electrical connectors
I've been trying, painfully to splice a new 120V line into an existing line with very little slack and in tight cramped quarters under the sink. I finally decided to swing by HD to see if they had bet...
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LittleBill wrote:Mike134 wrote:time2roll wrote:enblethen wrote:I believe these are rated by code to allow to be covered in a wall without a J-box. In essence rated same as continuous wire by code.
They use the same style of jab in connector terminals on some switches and receptacles. Less then desireable connection.
Rated for different gauges of wire but may not work well with small and large wire.
I have never seen a code that allows splices to be "buried" in a wall
apparently nobody reads the code then. try 334.40B, kits have been available for years.. page 195 on NFPA 70
in wall splice kit
Home Depot Kit
Just because they make them doesn't make them legal. Apparently you read the code wrong. Those splices are allowed for exposed work per sec 334.40. we were talking about buried in the wall.
Re read the code sec 300.15A Need a box for a splice there are exceptions but the application talked about is not one of them.
