I'm updating my kitchen wiring and I believe the in-ceiling ventilation fan needs to be AFCI-protected.
To accomplish this electrically all I need to do is pigtail into the hot wire of one of outlets on the load side of the AFCI outlet.
Can I just clip off the unused neutral and ground wires at both ends where the sheath ends, or do I need to wire them in normally (they would be redundant)?
Doing the latter would bring the allowable conductor volume just up to the limit and make stuffing all of the wires into the box even more of a struggle.
To accomplish this electrically all I need to do is pigtail into the hot wire of one of outlets on the load side of the AFCI outlet.
Can I just clip off the unused neutral and ground wires at both ends where the sheath ends, or do I need to wire them in normally (they would be redundant)?
Doing the latter would bring the allowable conductor volume just up to the limit and make stuffing all of the wires into the box even more of a struggle.
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