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In article .com, wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:
In article . com,
wrote:

And so what? It's very unlikely that any given box that has just a
simple splice will ever develop a problem. And if it does, so what?
Why can't you just deal with it then?

You can't "just deal with it then" because if the junction box is concealed,
you don't even know where it is.

You don't have to know where it is to deal with it. For example, in
the extremely unlikely event that a light stops working on a line that
happens to have a concealed junction box, and it's verified that there
is no continuity between the switch and the light, then you just run a
new wire. That's what you would do in any case, if you couldn;t see or
trace the wire and had a problem.

"Just run a new wire". Often easier said than done, particularly in older
homes -- and obviously much more difficult than repairing a failed splice.

The only difference is, if the concealed box were allowed, you could
do the wire run someday, IF, the simple splice in the concealed box
failed. The way it is now, you have to do it upfront, to meet code.

And this makes life easier exactly how -- ?

Like I said, argue with the NFPA. They're the ones who wrote the NEC, and I
suspect they have a little better handle on electrical safety than either you
or I.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.