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	Subject - Romex David Hyatt If you have a piece of romex pulled tight between 2 locations, instead of setting two j-boxes to add another recept. is there a better or easier way. This is for existing wiring. I seen a few years ago a tee shaped connector that pressed on romex, do they still have those, and are they safe? JimmyDee I they are accessible, I cut the one short or take the romex out of one box and run it to where it is needed, splice it in the new box and run a new piece to the box where you removed the romex from. If you can't get at it, I think you have the best solution in your question. Jim Scott Vickrey David I have never seen anything like you described. David Hyatt I finally found the splice connection I was looking for, check this out. http://www.molex.com/product/sterm/coc3.html Scott Vickrey I wonder how much those puppies cost? cal_sparky I looked into these once--keep in mind that like any splice, they must remain accessible w/o disturbing the finished surface of the building. They would work for an accessible attic or similar, but CANNOT be buried in a wall or inaccessible ceiling. And since they are designed and sold as a tap, they cannot properly be used as a simple splice. Given these limitations, they don't offer much advantage over the conventional approach. Cliff David Hyatt I am not sure Cliff what you mean by a simple splice? I was going to use them in crawl spaces. They are UL listed as a self contained j-box. Electricman Since they are UL listed as a j-box there should not be a problem with these. If you look into it farther it looks as though they use them to join conductors on mod homes. I would say the only problem with them would be with the AHJ and how he would interpret code.