"TURTLE" wrote in message
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This is Turtle.

now before i start telling this even. i did not do it or will i ever do
it. With this clear i will speak.

i was looking a air handler for a HVAC customer and he run the electric
service hisself to the air handler and when he got to the A/H with the
wire was about 6 feet short to get there. So he just got another piece
of wire and SOLIDERED the # 6 -2 with ground Wire set together to
complete the circuit to the A/H. I know this is illegal here in out
local code but i can't find it in the NEC for not having a new copy.

So how bad is solidering # 6 copper wire for high amp draw in a slice
joint?

TURTLE


Can"t for the life of me understand why anyone would go to the trouble of
soldering.

Section 110-14 (b) in the 1999 NEC. Says soldering is permissible as long as
the wire was twisted together so it is mechanically sound before the solder.

Can"t for the life of me understand why anyone would go to the trouble of
soldering.

I had to connect two solid #12 wires to stranded #8. I expect a wire nut
would hold it all together, but it just didn't inspire confidence; so I
soldered it all before putting the the wire nut on. Couldn't possibly come
apart now.

This is Turtle.

i was looking for a NEC spec that would cut it for a bunch of fires in
this area has been started by solidering wires. About a year ago a fire
burn the living room of a house pretty bad because of a solidered wires
going to a window unit and on to a 220 volt plug in. The Local
inspection here will cut it out but the other parts of the country will
[ i guess ] use it.

TURTLE