Electrical – Fastening THHN cable in junction box

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I am installing an electrical subpanel in my garage and have a 2" PVC conduit run up approximately 5 feet from the panel through the ceiling to the garage attic. In the conduit i ran 2 12/2 NM romex runs for 2 separate circuits.

The AHJ said that this is not permitted and that i would need to run individual wires. I plan on installing a junction box on the top of the conduit where i will make the connections between the NM cabling and the individual THHN wires i am running into the subpanel. My question is do i need to fasten the THHN cables in the junction box? The NM cables will have the plastic insert in the knockout. If it does need to be fastened, any ideas how? I could drill holes in the jbox and use strap ties but don't think that meets code.

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Best Answer

Fastening not needed

For a short run like yours, you do not need to fasten the wires to the boxes -- the NEC folks have worked this out, and for 12AWG wires, you can run 100' straight up in conduit before you need to put any support in. (This number comes from NEC table 300.19, by the way.)