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   Amish Electrician | Jun 01, 2011 05:36pm | #1

   The inspector sensed your resistance and sent you on a unicorn hunt.

   The only way to 'repair' a damaged wire is to replace it. You can either replace the whole length, or you can instal accessible junction boxes and replace a section. Take your pick.

   Customer doesn't want to pay? Why should he? You broke it, you fix it, write it off as 'tuition.' If you can't afford to stand behind your work, you are not charging enough.

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   [email protected] | Jun 01, 2011 06:23pm | #2

   They didn't break it

   The guy who started the project, (and they are replacing, in the middle of the project), damaged the conductors during the demo.  

   The OP didn't do the damage they just need to fix it. 

   That said:  If 3M doesn't have a splice kit, I'm not sure who would.  I would be tempted to contact someone in enginering as opposed to sales to double check on the availability.  And, you may have to get a local P.E. licensed in electrical to sign off on the use, but I think there isn't a physical/engineering reason to not install the 3M splices above ground, but there isn't enough demand that they have bothered to test them in that application. 

   If they are water tight, have a high enough dielectric constant to be a good insulator under water, and are heat resistant enough to work under ground, I can't think of a reason they won't be perfectly fine above ground.  The certainly have a wire nut in a j-box beat. 

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   gfretwell | Jun 01, 2011 06:49pm | #3

   Tyco EnerFlex? Ask the inspector if this works for him. They used to be listed for use anywhere but I understand now Tyco is only selling them for use in modular homes. Fire is fire tho.

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   DanH | Jun 01, 2011 08:13pm | #4

   There is a connector that SOME inspectors will allow.  It falls in a "crack" in the code in that it's UL listed but in an oddball category that is somewhat nebulous -- some inspectors interpret it as only being usable in modular structures, while others will allow it in other areas.

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   junkhound | Jun 01, 2011 10:15pm | #5

   Loved Amish's expression, sent you on a unicorn hunt !!

   Me, if had an inspector looking at it, there would have been 2 new outlet boxes in the wall before he ever showed up, everybody can always use more outlets.

   In own house, that is what I'd do.  Unless, of course, no inspector and already plenty outlets, then it would be staggered soldered  splices and lots of tape, the code is mostly for folks who dont know how to do a good splice. 

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   gfretwell | Jun 02, 2011 02:30pm | #6

   That is the Tyco Enerflex connector. Some AHJs will take them in a stick built home, other jurisdictions hate them.

   AMP/Tyco has backed off their assertion that these are permitted unconditionally via 334.40(B)

   You really have to ask the local AHJ Nobody here can really answer that question unless they work in the building department in question.