[RE-wrenches] Neutral run to critical loads sub-panel

[Ray Walters]

Hi Dana;

What code section is he/ she referencing?  Many times, wires are left 
too short to land on a particular breaker or buss, so splices in the 
load center happen even in regular electrical work.  Our inspectors here 
consider a load center the same as any other electrical enclosure: 
subject to wire and splice fill requirements.  We've beaten this dead 
horse subject before, many years back.

So your inspector would require you to tear into a finished wall to 
install a gutter, just to relocate a breaker in the same panel, and 
extend the circuit wire with a splice?  What if you accidentally cut one 
neutral wire a few inches short; suddenly you need the custom plaster 
crew back out to patch?   I've had MLPs installed in walls with very 
expensive wall finishes. I'm not tearing into that wall unless it's the 
only way.   The majority of inspectors are not electricians.

Code citations, please.

Thanks,

Ray Walters
Remote Solar

On 8/1/2024 2:44 PM, Dana Orzel via RE-wrenches wrote:
>
> Wire nuts in a breaker panel are not allowed per my inspector per 
> code.  Pull the Romex out of the breaker panel & spllce in a wire 
> gutter to extend.
>
> I have seen this enforced twice now.
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