- Location
- Illinois
- Occupation
- retired electrician
We can agree to disagree on that opinion.....
My belief is that the 6" is their for the ability to service the device and terminations....but then again that my opinion on it.
I am guessing you never had a switch or receptacle connected to a conductor that was too short...and struggled to get a screwdriver on it....you don't have babies bottom hands do you Don?
I have worked on many where the device was apparently terminated and then the NM pulled back up making it impossible to remove the device without cutting the wires.
That being said, it remains my opinion, that the code does not require the 6" to remain after the connection or termination is made...I know there is probably no one else that reads the words that way, and I know that is not the intent.