Loose Conductors in a box

[Rockyd]

See 300.3(c) and 314.16(B)(1) and it will add clarification to the above support.

 

[KentAT]

I clearly agree with the support.

Kent

 

[jbfan74]

I'm with you fellas!

 

[LarryFine]

I agree with everyone except Leroy.

 

[brian john]

No, you should only be worried if you start having arguments with yourself, and losing.

I argue with myself all the time, 90% of the time I work alone when trouble shooting problems and toss the issues around in my head as to the better approach, tools, test equipment to resolve an issue. Generally I win the arguments, when I lose then I'll quit the business.

 

[paul]

I agree with everyone except Leroy.

I'm agree Leroy. That guy's the baddest man in the whole **** town!

 

[weressl]

I thought I have read in the NEC somewhere that all conductors located in a device box shall be terminated. I cannot seem to find it now.

The problem I have is:

I don't know if a peice of equipment is 120 or 208 single phase. My first thought was to pull an extra hot and cap it if the unit is only 120V. But I thought I read you cannot do this.

Can someone please point out an NEC artical that will or or will not allow you to do this.

Thanks in advance
Matt

I do not believe that it is prohibited by the NEC. We usually bend it back and tape it without stripping the insulation and label it SPARE, so it is clearly differentiated from other terminated or accidentally llosened wires.

Spares are useless if they are not numbered and accounted for. Juts like regular wires they should be traceable.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I agree with everyone except Leroy.

You don't like leroy?? What's wrong with you?

I'm agree Leroy. That guy's the baddest man in the whole **** town!

Yeah, That's right

 

[petersonra]

I thought I have read in the NEC somewhere that all conductors located in a device box shall be terminated. I cannot seem to find it now.

The problem I have is:

I don't know if a peice of equipment is 120 or 208 single phase. My first thought was to pull an extra hot and cap it if the unit is only 120V. But I thought I read you cannot do this.

Can someone please point out an NEC artical that will or or will not allow you to do this.

Thanks in advance
Matt

I am generally in favor of pulling spares. makes for a simple solution down the road when you need another conductor for something.

I ahve never seen any NEC prohibition on running spares. There is a requirement that class 2 and 3 conductors that are not used be labeled as spares or removed, but it does not apply to normal conductors.