Nicked a Wire Under the Floor...Junction Box or Rerun?

[Kilgore_Trout]

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I dropped my multi-tool onto a 10/3 wire yesterday when removing some rotted flooring in a mobile home. I could see a bit of copper so I don't feel comfortable just wrapping it in electrical tape and calling it good.

There is a crawl space underneath the mobile home where I can have the wire replaced (about 50'), my only other option I can see is splicing the wire in a junction box. Obviously the junction box would be easier, but I'm not sure if it is code compliant. I'm having trouble figuring out what is considered "accessible". There is about 24" from the bottom of the joists to the ground (bare) and there are 2 openings to the crawl space which are maybe 20"x20".

If the cable needs to be reran, I plan on hiring an electrician to hook it up at the box. If it is just a splice in a junction box I can handle that.

Suggestions? Thank you

 

[James]

If you can get to it in order to fit a junction box, it would be hard to argue that it is not accessible.

 

[Kilgore_Trout]

If you can get to it in order to fit a junction box, it would be hard to argue that it is not accessible.

Kind of what I thought, but code is either very specific or incredibly vague to me sometimes.

 

[Megawatt]

I dropped my multi-tool onto a 10/3 wire yesterday when removing some rotted flooring in a mobile home. I could see a bit of copper so I don't feel comfortable just wrapping it in electrical tape and calling it good.

There is a crawl space underneath the mobile home where I can have the wire replaced (about 50'), my only other option I can see is splicing the wire in a junction box. Obviously the junction box would be easier, but I'm not sure if it is code compliant. I'm having trouble figuring out what is considered "accessible". There is about 24" from the bottom of the joists to the ground (bare) and there are 2 openings to the crawl space which are maybe 20"x20".

If the cable needs to be reran, I plan on hiring an electrician to hook it up at the box. If it is just a splice in a junction box I can handle that.

Suggestions? Thank you

Yes you can legally spice it and if it’s under the home which you have access to the it is accessible. Make sure that you do install a junction box with a cover. Good luck

 

[Mike Johnson]

All the above plus suspend the junction box from the underside of the mobile home so it can not come in contact with the bare earth/damp.

 

[Kilgore_Trout]

Thank you everybody. You saved me a couple hundred bucks in romex.

 

[Marvo]

Maybe a resin joint would also be an option?

 

[Megawatt]

Maybe a resin joint would also be an option?

I agree but I’m assuming that the OP used some common sense on the advice I gave him. We all know that assuming something usually gets us in trouble. LOL