Hello:
I have a question amout box fill with wire nuts and pigtails. I have a 2 gang box with 12/2 coming in and two 12/3 wires going out. The box is for 2 switches. I was having problems getting 5 wires under one wire nut so I pigtailed them to another wire nut. So what it looks like in the box now:
-3 white wires under 1 wire nut
-3 green under 1 wire nut pigtailed (4 in total under the first wire nut) to another wire nut with 2 grounds running to each switch (so 3 in that wire nut)
- 3 blacks under 1 wire nut pigtailed (4 in total under the first wire nut) to another wire nut with 2 more wires running to eache switch
So there are 5 wire nuts in the box. This box is in a shallow wall and is only 25 cu. inch. Is this acceptable for box fill?
Here is a rough sketch of what it looks like:
I have a question amout box fill with wire nuts and pigtails. I have a 2 gang box with 12/2 coming in and two 12/3 wires going out. The box is for 2 switches. I was having problems getting 5 wires under one wire nut so I pigtailed them to another wire nut. So what it looks like in the box now:
-3 white wires under 1 wire nut
-3 green under 1 wire nut pigtailed (4 in total under the first wire nut) to another wire nut with 2 grounds running to each switch (so 3 in that wire nut)
- 3 blacks under 1 wire nut pigtailed (4 in total under the first wire nut) to another wire nut with 2 more wires running to eache switch
So there are 5 wire nuts in the box. This box is in a shallow wall and is only 25 cu. inch. Is this acceptable for box fill?
Here is a rough sketch of what it looks like: