I got dinged on an inspection for putting 12/2 and 14/2 into the same metal box. The inspector said that I needed to have a physical partition between the 12/2 and 14/2 circuits. Unfortunately, I wasn't around for the inspection, and my customer can't really recall exactly what the inspector said. No written tag.
The cables in question feed their own devices and aren't connected. That is, I didn't mix 12- and 14-gauge wire on the same circuit. Certainly, 725.136 tells us that Class 2 circuits can't be in the same box as power circuits, but both of these circuits are 120-volt.
Any idea what the inspector might be thinking?
The cables in question feed their own devices and aren't connected. That is, I didn't mix 12- and 14-gauge wire on the same circuit. Certainly, 725.136 tells us that Class 2 circuits can't be in the same box as power circuits, but both of these circuits are 120-volt.
Any idea what the inspector might be thinking?