Using EMT to create a path for flush mount panels

[tyha]

, Can I enter my metal wireway with MC, strip the metal jacket off, and then run the wire down the pipe to the panel? I would rather do it this way to avoid pulling THHN, and splicing, but cant seem to find a section in the book to tell me yes or no. I will also have to up my pipe size, or run a more than one.

Or, if anyone else has an easier way, without fishing all the MC cables down the wall, I would be up for that as well.

You might want to make sure that the wires inside the Mc are durably marked as to the type, temp and so forth. i have heard stories that some Mc manufactures use wire that does not conform. Wouldn't that be a code violation?

 

[JohnJ0906]

Check 310.11(B)(2). The MC I use has a marker tape with the required markings inside the jacket, wrapped around the conductors. Wether or not it is legal to strip the jacket then run the wire through the conduit, seeing that the conductors themselves aren't marked, I don't know.

 

[George Stolz]

Wether or not it is legal to strip the jacket then run the wire through the conduit, seeing that the conductors themselves aren't marked, I don't know.

I'd say it's a technical violation, but not a safety issue, IMO.

 

[iwire]

You might want to make sure that the wires inside the Mc are durably marked as to the type, temp and so forth. i have heard stories that some Mc manufactures use wire that does not conform. Wouldn't that be a code violation?

So where is the allowance that allows us to strip cables at panels and j-boxes?

The NEC requires the conductors to marked by the manufacturer, they do not require the markings to remain.

 

[LarryFine]

So where is the allowance that allows us to strip cables at panels and j-boxes?

The NEC requires the conductors to marked by the manufacturer, they do not require the markings to remain.

So, we can use stripped NM.

"Son, those conductors aren't marked."

"They used to be. They faded! Yeah, that's it!"