"TURTLE" wrote in message
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This is Turtle.

now before i start telling this even. i did not do it or will i ever do
it. With this clear i will speak.

i was looking a air handler for a HVAC customer and he run the electric
service hisself to the air handler and when he got to the A/H with the
wire was about 6 feet short to get there. So he just got another piece
of wire and SOLIDERED the # 6 -2 with ground Wire set together to
complete the circuit to the A/H. I know this is illegal here in out
local code but i can't find it in the NEC for not having a new copy.

So how bad is solidering # 6 copper wire for high amp draw in a slice
joint?

TURTLE


Can"t for the life of me understand why anyone would go to the trouble of
soldering.

Section 110-14 (b) in the 1999 NEC. Says soldering is permissible as long as
the wire was twisted together so it is mechanically sound before the solder.