I opened a j-box once an all the wirenuts fell out, looked at the wires and did not see any marks that looked like the wirenuts were actually screwed on. It could be that someone only gave the wirenuts a half twist.
P-J said:That must have been one huge electrical box. Mounted in the ceiling?
I'm standing in awe at the prospect of that wiring layout...
DaleHair said:I opened a j-box once an all the wirenuts fell out, looked at the wires and did not see any marks that looked like the wirenuts were actually screwed on. It could be that someone only gave the wirenuts a half twist.
I prefer Buchannan B caps but a wing does make it easier to tighten.
After getting to experience the original scotchlocks I never could go back to 3M wirenuts.
I read the table wrong, compounding that, 16 #12s seemed like it was too many. It took me three days to go get the code book out of my truck. I looked at the tables and the math worked out. In my mind's eye it still looks like alot. Thanks for helping me see.[\QUOTE]16 #12 THHN conductors is 40% fill on a piece of 3/4 EMT
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