Short Wires in an Overfill

HooKooDooKu · 01-30-2010, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gigs

That ground that is coiled around the other grounds... does it go up into the nut or is it just twisted? If it doesn't go in the nut that's technically a violation.

I'm pretty sure that wire goes into the nut. It's not like me to effectively have a loose wire around.

I think what happened was that ground was a loose pigtail, and when I started twisting the nut, it started twisting around the wires that were anchored in the NM cable held firmly in place by the cable holder thingys. After wards, the free end was was then placed in the 2nd nut. I'm aslo pretty sure that that pigtail links the ground for the 20amp circuit to the ground for the 15amp circuit.

HooKooDooKu · 01-30-2010, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by nap

btw: blue wire nuts

Blue wire nuts for what. A quick search indicates that blue wire nuts are for "Accepts 2 #22 to 3 #16 AWG"... I don't have anything smaller in the box than #12 AWG. Each red nut holds only 3 wires.

nap · 01-31-2010, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by HooKooDooKu

Blue wire nuts for what. A quick search indicates that blue wire nuts are for "Accepts 2 #22 to 3 #16 AWG"... I don't have anything smaller in the box than #12 AWG. Each red nut holds only 3 wires.

nah, not those blue wire nuts. these wire nuts:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...US354%26um%3D1

HooKooDooKu · 01-31-2010, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by nap

nah, not those blue wire nuts. these wire nuts

That makes better sense.

But what's wrong with the red ones, they are rated for the wiring I have... or are we talking about replacing the two green nuts with one blue one?

nap · 01-31-2010, 01:18 AM

just for where you did not have room in the one wire nut to put all the egc's in one nut. I hate doing what you did. It looks like you didn't have the right material for the job.