miuwtant
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- Location
- San Diego County
- Occupation
- Retired
Hi All,
My first post here, love this forum!
Shared Google Photos [Mod: removed Google Photos link which did not work and is a little scary. It did not seem to actually risk sharing out your photos.]
1 - Wall penetration
2 - Existing subpanel and wire bundle leading to the wall penetration
3 - Full E2E from panel to penetration. Room will be a finished laundry with a ceiling under the joists.
My house in NE San Diego County was built in 1970 and has had at least two remodels. My wife and I want to do a kitchen remodel, and because the MSP and the one sub are at the opposite end of the house I am thinking of running another sub in area of the new kitchen so that I can meet all of the current codes and because most of my existing cables will be too short after the remodel. But ALL of the Romex which leaves the garage is going through a 3" threaded ABS fitting tightened to a galvanized steel sheet, about (4) 14-2s, (6) 12-2s, (1) 10-3 and (1) 8-3. Some of those cables will be decommissioned when the new sub is installed, and I need to pass the new kitchen subpanel 6/6/6 cable (I think; haven't sized it yet) through about the same area and across forty feet of attic to the new kitchen.
I understand there may be no limit on the number of cables that pass through a wall in one place if certain requirements are met but this is a bunch. The ABS is firmly attached to a stud in the wall partition on the house side with a ring clamp. Obviously, ABS is flammable. And I don't know if the sheet metal is OK, either. There is 5/8" X drywall covering the rest of the wall.
There is room for several more cables through the existing penetration, especially since several decommissioned cables will come out. There is an open cavity on the far side (other than what you can see passing through already).
I was hoping to find a steel clamshell (can close it around the cables) through-wall fitting (or several, each with fewer cables) or something. I can cut out the ABS but can't easily re-run most of the wires.
The work will be permitted and even if it wasn't I would always want to meet or exceed code. Believe it or not, I just added on to the garage (permitted) and the inspector said nothing about this very-visible penetration, though none of the new electrical went through it.
Help!
My first post here, love this forum!
Shared Google Photos [Mod: removed Google Photos link which did not work and is a little scary. It did not seem to actually risk sharing out your photos.]
1 - Wall penetration
2 - Existing subpanel and wire bundle leading to the wall penetration
3 - Full E2E from panel to penetration. Room will be a finished laundry with a ceiling under the joists.
My house in NE San Diego County was built in 1970 and has had at least two remodels. My wife and I want to do a kitchen remodel, and because the MSP and the one sub are at the opposite end of the house I am thinking of running another sub in area of the new kitchen so that I can meet all of the current codes and because most of my existing cables will be too short after the remodel. But ALL of the Romex which leaves the garage is going through a 3" threaded ABS fitting tightened to a galvanized steel sheet, about (4) 14-2s, (6) 12-2s, (1) 10-3 and (1) 8-3. Some of those cables will be decommissioned when the new sub is installed, and I need to pass the new kitchen subpanel 6/6/6 cable (I think; haven't sized it yet) through about the same area and across forty feet of attic to the new kitchen.
I understand there may be no limit on the number of cables that pass through a wall in one place if certain requirements are met but this is a bunch. The ABS is firmly attached to a stud in the wall partition on the house side with a ring clamp. Obviously, ABS is flammable. And I don't know if the sheet metal is OK, either. There is 5/8" X drywall covering the rest of the wall.
There is room for several more cables through the existing penetration, especially since several decommissioned cables will come out. There is an open cavity on the far side (other than what you can see passing through already).
I was hoping to find a steel clamshell (can close it around the cables) through-wall fitting (or several, each with fewer cables) or something. I can cut out the ABS but can't easily re-run most of the wires.
The work will be permitted and even if it wasn't I would always want to meet or exceed code. Believe it or not, I just added on to the garage (permitted) and the inspector said nothing about this very-visible penetration, though none of the new electrical went through it.
Help!
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