Junction boxes not permitted in attic?

Perce,

At the top it says "Information sheet." At the bottom it says "This handout is a guide." An information sheet or guide is not synonymous with "the code," in my understanding of English. Also, since the operative sentence refers to canceled walls I believe the writer also meant "concealed ceilings." If you ever get to talk to someone I'd ask if there was an applicable CODE that you can look at. He will probably say NEC.

Take all of this with a grain of salt, as I am far away from Bloomington.

Ed

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Greetings,

Called at 8:14 EST hoping to reach an inspector before they left for the day and reached a message which says that the offices are open starting at 8:00 (they are in a different time zone than me). "There is no operator assistance at this time." If I am having an emergency I can dial 911.

I called back at 9:54 am and was told that they were all out doing inspections. "They should be in around noon or so." I was again transferred to Rick Butterfields voicemail. I left him a message to call me back and gave him both my numbers.

Hope this helps, William

Greetings,

Called back in the hopes of reaching an inspector. 11:15 am "All lines that you are trying to reach at this time are busy. Please remain on the line and your call will be answered in the order in which it was received." ... 11:20 am Spoke with the operator. Left a message with Rick again. I left two numbers. I specifically asked him to leave a message if for some reason I did not answer (might already be on the phone, etc).

Hope this helps, William

Greetings,

I called again and spoke with Julie. All inspectors are out. I left another message with Rick.

William

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Greetings,

I called in this morning and spoke with Julie. I asked her why no one had called me back and she said that she didn't know. She suggested that I call back today between 3 and 4. I called back at 3 pm (Bloomington time) exactly and asked to speak with an inspector. I was transferred to "Rick" who said that he didn't get my messages. I told him that this episode was being discussed / broadcast on the World Wide Web. It turns out I was speaking with "Rick Soderstrom" and "Rick Butterfield" was the one who I left messages for. Rick S. seemed willing to help in any way that he could and was entirely reasonable. He told me that he didn't know about the informational sheet but that he would look it up and get back to me in the next couple of days. He said that you could have boxes in the attic but that the attic should not be used as a central wiring junction area. He was also sure to point out that some attics are not accessable and therefore the rules for accessable boxes would not apply.

Hope this helps, William

Greetings,

Summery / Clarification: If your attic is not accessible you cannot put a junction box there. If your attic is accessible you must minimize the number of junction boxes there.

Hope this helps, William

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Gee, that's kind of anticlimactic. I was hoping for some kind of vast conspiracy and/or coverup. ;-) Thanks for the update anyway.

Best regards, Bob