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Doug Miller wrote:
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.

You obviously don't get it, because the difficulty of running a new
wire is exactly the problem that allowing an inaccessible box would
avoid.

No, I "get it" just fine. You're the one who is missing something: that if the
boxes are accessible, there's no need to run new cables.

Look -- argue the point with the NFPA. They're the ones who made the rules,
not me, and I'm sure they know a lot more about electrical safety than you do.

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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.