Splicing Romex In Attic

How to properly install a junction box in an attic.

Splicing romex in attic.

I would like to add a switch and light to the existing electrical circuit wiring and not have to install more wiring and a new circuit breaker. Any junction box will have a 10 32 tapped hole and you fit a cute little green ground screw there with a pigtail. Romex splice kits are plug type devices that are designed to permit tapping and splicing of non metallic electrical wire nmc or romex wire outside of an electrical box. Normally there isn t a ground in the emt conduit the conduit is the ground.

You tie the pigtail to the romex grounds. The same basic national. The family handyman editor rick muscoplat shows you how to splice in jumper wires to give you the slack you need. Ari kazan 73 349 views.

Electrical splices can never left on their own in a wall or ceiling cavity. The old informal method of splicing wires together with electrical tape should never be used. An attic that is accessible which is defined by the nec as having a permanently installed stair or ladder in place must have protection for any cables that run across the top of the attic floor joists or within 7 feet where they run across the face of rafters or studs. Junction boxes and splicing electrical wiring.

A pull down attic ladder does not count. What is the correct and most efficient way to splice 14 2 from 14 3 that is running through my attic. The safest way to splice wires in the attic is by placing the splice inside of a junction box. July 28 2017 sign up for our newsletter.

Installing an electrical junction box or j box in the attic is not much different from installing a j box anywhere else. Among the building electrical wiring connectors discussed in this article this is the only wiring device that is permitted for use outside of electrical boxes as we. You simply splice wire to wire except for grounds.