Originally Posted by
Jeff Eastman
I've wondered why the sheathing wasn't allowed more than 1 1/2 " (?) into panel.
I keep seeing HIs saying 1-1/2" or thereabouts, any idea where you got it from?
"Workmanship" would put it such that the outer sheather was trimmed off 'just inside the strain relief clamp'.
I don't see where it would cause overheating or any other issue.
I don't see were running an NM cable, sheath and all, up almost to the breaker, then slit the sheath far enough to allow the grounding conductor to reach the grounding terminals, the neutral conductor to reach the neutral terminals, and the hot conductor to reach the breaker. Sure, it would "look" *ugly as sin*, but I don't know what problems it would cause, other than contributing to physical excess fill - but if the sheath puts you into an 'overfill' condition, I suspect it was already overfilled with conductors.
Anyone have an authoritative source on that 1-1/2"? I mean a *real* authoritative source.