"jimbob" wrote in message
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After reading your responses it seems that there is nothing inherantly
unsafe or wrong about using junction boxes. The problem seems to be
creating inaccessible splices that could fail later on and be difficult
to find.

Just to be clear, inaccessible splices are a code vio. If you finish the
basement, each of these j-boxes will need covers that will be visible (so as
to be accessible) when the room is finished.

-Tim