Panel as a j-box or raceway

[radahak]

Can you use a panel as a raceway or J-box.Ive read the code.But I know some peole that misunderstand it. Someone tell me the exceptions if any.Can you use a panel as a raceway?

 

[iwire]

Re: Panel as a j-box or raceway

As long as you do not overfill, you can splice and use it as a raceway.

2002 NEC

312.8 Enclosures for Switches or Overcurrent Devices.
Enclosures for switches or overcurrent devices shall not be used as junction boxes, auxiliary gutters, or raceways for conductors feeding through or tapping off to other switches or overcurrent devices, unless adequate space for this purpose is provided. The conductors shall not fill the wiring space at any cross section to more than 40 percent of the cross-sectional area of the space, and the conductors, splices, and taps shall not fill the wiring space at any cross section to more than 75 percent of the cross-sectional area of that space.

[ May 12, 2003, 06:09 AM: Message edited by: iwire ]