Timeline for Wire too short for buried conduit, can I use a junction box to splice additional wire?
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| Dec 30, 2021 at 21:26 | comment | added | Ryan Detzel | In response, I decided to spend the $100 and get new wire. I purchased three new 2 awg black wire and a 6 awg green wire and I'll mark the black wires with tape. In response to how I came up so short is the original plan was to have the box in the left corner of the building but because of ledge, we had to move it to the right of the door which made it too short. | |
| Dec 30, 2021 at 12:03 | vote | accept | Ryan Detzel | ||
| Dec 29, 2021 at 1:27 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Note that for #2 Al, the OP could do the splices with a couple of $25? MPDB63153s (maybe closer to $35, but still much cheaper than Polaris connectors even if somewhat more work to use in some ways) instead... | |
| Dec 28, 2021 at 23:19 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 28, 2021 at 22:14 | comment | added | Greg Hill | OP: Also note that at this wire gauge you are allowed to re-mark a conductor across the "hots" and "not hots" color boundary. Instead of buying new triplex or quadplex twisted cable, you could buy 4x single-conductor black-insulated wire and re-mark the ends of the L2, neutral, and ground conductors with red, white, and green shrink tube/tape/paint/etc. I suggest this because IMHO loose conductors will pull through the conduit more easily than twisted cable does. | |
| Dec 28, 2021 at 21:04 | history | answered | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |