Robert11 wrote:

Might as well also ask this, please.
The Electrician was very hard to talk to, or discuss this with.

The two heavy phase wires from the outside meter were led into the box,
where, for convenience, or they were just a bit too short, he spliced in
about another 6" or so of wire using a short block with two screws type of
connector.

He then just taped over this connector block (which "floats along with these
two lead in wires until secured at the main breaker)

Is this use of a connector block like this for this purpose "legal" per the
NEC code ?

Is just "taping" over it legal ?

So the original service wires are not long enough to reach the service
breaker in the replacement service panel and the electrician spliced the
service wires in the panel.

This would have been a violation until the 1999 NEC. Is it really
acceptable practice now to splice the service wires instead of repulling
the wires from the meter. Is there adequate space in the panel? Is there
adequate (code required) bending room? Is it safe to work and run wires
around a taped up splice block when you add circuits to the panel?
Service wires are treated with extra respect (by most people) for a reason.

And if the block constitutes a splice (not terminals) "all splices and
joints and the free end of conductors shall be covered with an
insulation equivalent to that of the conductor...." Is the tape thick
enough to qualify?

What does the inspector say?


To the OP - if you post the same message on more than one newsgroup
kindly learn how to crosspost.

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