splicing in panel
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ultramegabob
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What you need to look for is where it says you cant....
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Take a look at 312.8 but be sure to read the entire section.
Chris
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By the way welcome to the forum.
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Your welcome.
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kacper
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The code does not prohibits you from having a splicing in the panelboard, however it limits the space to 40 percent of the cross-sectional
area of the space, 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.
Details in section NEC 312.8
area of the space, 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.
Details in section NEC 312.8
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Normally true. But in this case, at least as I read 312.8, it does explicitly say that you can. I had not noticed that fact before.
ultramegabob
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I will have to check that out later..........................
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By all means. In the mean time, let me mention that Post #7 above is not quite a direct quotation of 312.8, but it pretty well sums it up. The fact that the article speaks of the amount of space a splice can take up tells me that the splice is allowed to be there.
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