"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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In article , "RBM"
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If a person wily nilly makes splices in inaccessible locations,
where they're illegal as per code, who would even think to look there.

If there's no continuity from one end of the cable to the other, then
there's a break somewhere in between. Anyone would think to look there.
A well-made splice in the situation the OP describes is never going to
fail, anyway. And if it does, the length of wire is readily pulled and
replaced. Illegal? Sure. So what, says I. If you understand the reason
for the code, you understand under what circumstances you can ignore it,
particularly in your own home.



You are demonstrating your inexperience in your statement. For one thing
"your own home" becomes someone else's home at some point. True, one can
determine that the conductor is shorted or open, but when things are not
done by the book, it invariably takes longer to find the problem, since we
begin looking for the most logical location to find the problem. Another
thing, when multiple conductors are pulled in a conduit, they're pulled
together. In the process they get twisted around each other. Often you
cannot just "readily" pull a conductor out of the bunch. Sometimes the
"stuff" that accumulates in underground conduits acts as a glue, and can
make it difficult or impossible to remove the conductors intact, especially
if you've got some lump of a splice in there. Do it once, do it right. You
may have every right to muck up your own home, but I would refrain from
recommending that it's OK for others to do it