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    jimbo999 Posts: 7, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 21, 2009, 11:36 PM
    Re-joining household wires
    A household wire was cut to tap into it to provide current for another fixture. That fixture is no longer needed so I want to rejoin the wires where they were cut. Can I just re-join them with wire nuts and leave it or do they need to be inside a junction box to be up to code? The wire will be sealed up and behind the drywall.

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    Jan 22, 2009, 04:53 AM
    They MUST be spliced properly in a junction box. This box can have a blank cover on it, but it CANNOT be buried behind a wall. The cover MUST remain accessible.
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