[lofar]

I should say moved, not moving. I moved around two light switches this weekend. The two switches were joined together in a double gang box, one switch controls an outlet in a nearby room (wanted to move this into the room) the other controls a series of recessed lights.

To do this I basically cut out some drywall and got into the attic and pulled the existing wire up (4 seperate runs of romex) out of the wall and connected it all into a double gang sized box that I installed in the attic. And then I added two new runs of romex coming out of the box to each of my new locations for the switches. My real problem is with 4 wires going in to this box in the attic and two coming out to switches I really ran out of space for stapling wires and the whole thing looks pretty messy by my standards.

Should I spend some time trying to organize and clean up the wires? I'm afraid some inspector some day might take a look at this and freak out. Or am I just paranoid? I should probably take a picture and post it.

 

[lofar]

So here's a pic. I guess it doesn't look that bad, I'm just a little paraoid and like everything I do to look neat and tidy.

 

[jbfan]

The only problem I see is the box may be too small for all the wires.

 

[theatretch85]

That long white piece of romex coming off the top and around the side to the bottom may need to be secured closer to the box. I believe the wire must be secured within 12" of the box; I would assume that 12" is from the point at which the wire actually enters the box.

And yeah I have installed a few of those blue 4" boxes recently and I know that even if all those wires are 14 gauge that box is still way over fill capacity.

Looks like 2 - 14/3 and 4 - 14/2 wires. By my calculation that requires a minimum box capacity of 30 cu in. Those blue boxes are only 18 cu in, and with a 1/2" single gang mud ring it adds about 3 cu in.

Math:
2 - 14/3 = 6
4 - 14/2 = 8
All Grounds = 1
Total: 15
x2.0 = 30 cu in required space

 

[Gigs]

What are those black wires?

 

[jbfan]

What are those black wires?

Some older 3x wire was black in color.

 

[lofar]

Thanks... The wires are snug in the box but not forced, but I can get a bigger box easy enough. The top white wire should be within 12" of the staple, there's not much to compare for scale there but that particular space is only about 3 feet in height max.

You're pretty close on what all the wires are. The two blacks on the bottom are some of the old 3 wire romex, the two blues are the old 2 wire romex and the two whites are my new 3 wire romex to the switches.