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| In my motorhome I have a standard sized junction box (with cover) that has three 12/3 AWG romex runs in it. All three are wires are tied together - three grounds together, three white together and three black tied together with Wire nuts. All are 120V feeds.
I need to install another junction box adjacent to this one with an electrical outlet. I want to add a 12/3 nomex run from the existing junction box to the new junction box / outlet. My question is can I splice a fourth 12/3 wire in the original junction box? Do I just need to use next size up wire nuts? There is room in the box. What is the proper way to splice 4 12/3 AWG wires? Should I even have four leads in a box at all? |
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| What you have are 12/2 cables (if you are positive they're not 14/2) The ground wire does not count as a conductor in classifying this cable. There are many 'standard' sizes of junction boxes. You'll need to know the volume of yours. For #12 conductors, you need 2.25 cu in of box volume for each conductor. (For #14, it's 2 cu in) You currently have 7 conductors (only one of the grounds count) and want to increase it to 9. |
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| Assuming the junction box is big enough, what's the proper way to connect the wires? Just use a bigger wire nut? |
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| Wire nut allowed combinations are printed on the side of the 100 box of Ideal wire nuts. |
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- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 12 at 10:50
| Or you can use this, courtesy of our fine friends at Ideal Industries |
Here is a link that might be useful: Listed Wire Combinations
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| Or you could try the push-in connectors on page 15 of the catalog below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Ideal Push-In Connectors
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| "Or you could try the push-in connectors on page 15 of the catalog below." Wait till you see the price per connective. |
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