Electrical Question

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

New house, new electrical installation.
The conductor to the stove was (I suspect short) connected in a junction box prior to entering the panel. Is this a normal or correct install? Can the electrical contractor really do this on an new install?

Thanks

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

New house, new electrical installation.
The conductor to the stove was (I suspect short) connected in a junction box prior to entering the panel. Is this a normal or correct install? Can the electrical contractor really do this on an new install?

Thanks

Why not???

[Larry D. Kage]

Sure, Mario, it's not a problem to do that.

[wsiegel]

I dont see any problem with it

[jkogel]

Just one thing, that j-box must remain accessible.
In my neck o' the woods, that is.

John Kogel
www.allsafehome.ca

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Thanks guy's, I just realized that I posted this in the wrong section.
I understand that this is acceptable; however, this is a new house! IMO the electrical contractor should NOT be allowed to do this.

[dbolduc]

I'd make a notation that it is required to remain accessible.

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

However, this is a new house! IMO the electrical contractor should NOT be allowed to do this.

Why not? People make mistakes and he remedied it acceptably.

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

I understand that this is acceptable; however, this is a new house!

Yeah, kinda grates at ya, doesn't it. Pay good money for a newly built home, and has patchwork repairs before you even move in.

[Robert Sole]

You may have to consider the possibility of vandalism. It is not uncommon for someone to come in and cut off some of the wires short. If the drywall was complete at the time, it may have required major damage to re-run the wire from the panel to the range. While I do not like to have an extra joint (especially in a high current carrying conductor), this may have been the best solution.

Trying to give them the benefit of doubt.