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Originally Posted by Superman
Ummmm..... Are underground splices allowed unnder the NEC? If so, then they are the only splices of which I am aware that are allowed to be essentially inaccessible. And even if they are allowed, unless you're burying 300 feet of cable, then why have a splice? It seems to me the proper installation would be either an unspliced run of direct-burial cable......or a conduit system with we-rated cable.
I don't mean to sound whiny here, but I've just known a lot of electricians and electrical inspectors, and underground splices just seem way more hokey than the methods they tend to require.
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Underground splices are allowable by NEC. I would bet though, if it's new construction with an open trench, the local inspector wouldn't let you use one just because you didn't have a long enough piece of wire on hand. ie don't use it without a VERY good reason.
In my case, because of the location of the splice, I suspect the it was there because 20 years ago the guys digging for the downspout drain cut the wire to the driveway lights and didn't want to dig a 75 foot trench and bury a whole new wire.