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[djkert]

I believe your installation as I understand it is illegal in many jurisdictions, but I am not an electrician, so my opinion isn't worth much.

You need to talk to an electrician and/or your AHJ. The best source of free advice from electricians is the forum I pointed you to earlier.

Why do you say that, because of the romex in conduit? I did some searching around that board and it seems to be a topic that creates a lot of differing opinions, but the underlying theme seemed to be that the code book doesn't say you can't so therefore you can.

[Ed62]

If I'm not mistaken (which I could be), there was a thread or a post by Loring telling why the BT3* should not be run on a 20 amp circuit, and a 15 amp circuit is preferrable. I always went with the heavier circuit, but after reading the post/thread, it made sense. I'll see if I can find it, then post a link to it if found.

Ed

[Ed62]

Take a look at the thread by Loring. It's worth reading. http://bt3central.com/showthread.php...&highlight=amp

Ed

[sbs]

Why do you say that, because of the romex in conduit? I did some searching around that board and it seems to be a topic that creates a lot of differing opinions, but the underlying theme seemed to be that the code book doesn't say you can't so therefore you can.

I see multiple code violations in what you have described, but (third and last try) you need to talk to an expert.

[Tom Slick]

I used 3/4" conduit for 2 12/2 NM wires. Do you think this is something I will need to go back and redo?

unfortunately it's not an opinion thing, it has to do with whatever rules your local building code has. you could do some research in the NEC to see if it is safe even though it may be against local building code. it has to do with how much of the conduit is filled.

[djkert]

unfortunately it's not an opinion thing, it has to do with whatever rules your local building code has. you could do some research in the NEC to see if it is safe even though it may be against local building code. it has to do with how much of the conduit is filled.

“Special Notes” Conduit fill calculations are not intended to apply to short sections of conduit that are used only to protect exposed wires [such as Romex] from physical damage. Conduit fill calculations pertain only to certain wiring designed sections that is substantially conduit in design. NEC Chapter 9 Notes to tables Note 2.

So what exactly is a short section? My installation is only 42". I have a call into my township inspector, hopefully, he can shed some light on this issue. Everything I find on the internet has conflicting answers...