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    Dec 29, 2009, 08:01 PM
    How to spice #6 wire
    I am installing a outlet in a home for a electric stove. The existing j box is 18" up from the floor. I want to install a surface mount outlet. In order to do this I'll need to add about 12" of #6 wire. I want to know the best way to spice the new wire to the old.. Dave B.
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    Dec 29, 2009, 08:41 PM
    Wire nuts are made large enough to connect 2 #6 wires... however, those connections must / need to be in a junction box.
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    Dec 30, 2009, 06:24 AM

    And you can't just run individual conductors. You MUST run them as a cable or in conduit.

    Also, if this circuit is an older non-grounding 3-wire circuit it cannot be extended. It must be re-run with the proper 4-wire circuit.
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