Timeline for Is it legal to add a jumper wire to a conductor that is too short in a junction box?
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| Mar 6, 2017 at 13:16 | comment | added | Tester101 | @Harper If you use the proper tape and technique, then yes, I believe tape can be used to repair insulation. However, DIYers may not be using the proper tape or technique. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 20:01 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Clarified, you may have had it right the first time. I'm not being snarky or defensive; whether tape is legal to repair wire insulation near a wire end is a question I am really curious about. Clearly tape does suffice as an insulator, as it is the official way to insulate hot or neutral splices which use solder, split-bolt or bare lugs. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 19:52 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 5, 2017 at 18:57 | comment | added | statueuphemism | I mistook your comments about "that would not quite be legal" to be related to the use of tape rather than the length of wire requirements. I will remove the -1 once I am allowed. I did not realize properly applied UL-listed insulating tape could be used to repair the insulation on individual conductors themselves: UL white book for Insulating Tape: "This category also covers thermoplastic tape intended for use as the sole insulation and covering of joints and splices in electrical conductors." Learn something new every day. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 17:44 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @statueuphemism. Fair enough, but you claim it hides a problem. Can you specify what problem? What about Jim Stewart's new proposal of heat shrink tubing? What I'm fishing for is whether such a tape-up/shrink-tube is a practical problem, a letter-of-the-law problem, both or neither. Code cites appreciated. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 12:59 | comment | added | statueuphemism | -1 For recommendations on how to hide problems rather than fixing them. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 6:09 | history | answered | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |