Timeline for Extending line using switch boxes as j-boxes?
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| Nov 2, 2020 at 21:32 | vote | accept | David | ||
| Sep 19, 2020 at 2:45 | comment | added | troubleshooter | Thanks, I got lost following the plan. So, do you still have yet to run a 14-2 from the main panel to the outlet box? I remember you saying you can reach the outlet box easier; I was just thinking to make it a little longer and go straight up to 'A' with that new wire, since you have to put that link in anyway (outlet to 'A'). Then you only need to splice there, and verify that it won't be over-filled. [-maybe I am missing something - Is the 14-2 panel to 'D' already ran?] | |
| Sep 19, 2020 at 0:27 | comment | added | David | @troubleshooter No. I’m trying to extend 14/2 that is too short to reach a destination but it can reach a switch box A, as well as an 18cu outlet box below A, lets call it a box D. Box D terminates a 12/2 cable. I’m just borrowing this space to splice another piece of the 14/2 over the (too short) 14/2 run so that I can hop to next destination C. This avoids a fresh run of 14/2 from breaker to C. As I understand threephaseeel suggested That I need to connect the grounds of the 12/2 and 14/2 in that D box. | |
| Sep 18, 2020 at 23:34 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @troubleshooter -- if you're actually splicing a new incoming and a new outgoing cable in the outlet box, then you need to connect the grounds together; if the cable run is continuous all the way through, then it's better to just bypass the box altogether | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 3:06 | comment | added | David | @threePhaseEeel Guess it's hard brown plastic. This is what it looks like gordonelectricsupply.com/p/Carln-2000-1G-3-1-8D-Switch-Box/… | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 2:04 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @David yes, you need to tie all the grounds together...also, ceramic boxes aren't a thing, are you sure it isn't hard plastic? | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 2:00 | comment | added | David | @ThreePhaseEel, I don't know the exact volume but it's a deep ceramic box and there is ton of room. Are you saying that I should tie the grounds of the two independent circuits (15A and 20A) because they are in the same box? | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 22:49 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @David -- can you get us the size of the outlet box in question please? Also, make sure that all the grounds in the box are connected | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 14:44 | comment | added | David | @threephaseeel sorry, didn’t mean to confuse you. So the circuit I am splicing is a 14/2 15A breaker circuit. I am just using an outlet box of another circuit that happens to be a 12/2 20A. The outlet is lower, under that A box (not shown in the diagram), so it was was easier to fish it up to that box. My splice will just be “bunking” with the 12/2 box, no funny business between them, lol. | |
| Sep 15, 2020 at 23:22 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @David -- are you sure that 12/2 was on a 15A circuit? | |
| Sep 15, 2020 at 15:18 | comment | added | David | @Ecnerwal it was a typo, sorry. I corrected it to say 14/2. | |
| Sep 15, 2020 at 15:17 | comment | added | David | @threephaseeel thebox is quite deep. I actually wired it into a outlet box below that as it is an oversized box (they all are), and only had one 12/2 Romex coming into it. 10/2 was a typo, it’s actually 14/2. | |
| Sep 15, 2020 at 15:15 | history | edited | David | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2020 at 12:35 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | Why in heck are you using 10/2? do you have old aluminum wiring? | |
| Sep 15, 2020 at 2:31 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Can you post photos of the inside of box A, and also get us dimensions of the inside of the box? It's likely OK, but we'll need to double check to make sure we aren't overflowing box A here...also, why 10/2, by the way? | |
| Sep 14, 2020 at 22:50 | answer | added | batsplatsterson | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 14, 2020 at 22:49 | history | edited | David | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 14, 2020 at 22:43 | history | edited | David | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 14, 2020 at 22:38 | history | asked | David | CC BY-SA 4.0 |