Hi,
I currently have an indirect water heater (HTP Superstor Ultra) fired by my oil burner/boiler. I'm finishing the basement and have no sheetrock on just yet. I'm thinking ahead 5+years when it may be time to replace the waterheater and, maybe, I might want to spring for one of those super efficient heat pump waterheaters. I'd need a 220V service, but I don't want to add a breaker to the main panel right now. Is there any harm in adding a junction box with a blank plate -flush&exposed- in the wall surface behind the current water heater location, run some #10 wire from there to the main panel, and leave the #10 wire coiled up near the main panel (but not wired into said main panel)? And add some super durable labels to the coil of wire and the junction box plate, of course.
Is a neatly coiled spool of hanging wire, labeled and purposefully not connected to an adjacent main panel, a NEC violation or some other standard practice no-no?
Comments appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore
I currently have an indirect water heater (HTP Superstor Ultra) fired by my oil burner/boiler. I'm finishing the basement and have no sheetrock on just yet. I'm thinking ahead 5+years when it may be time to replace the waterheater and, maybe, I might want to spring for one of those super efficient heat pump waterheaters. I'd need a 220V service, but I don't want to add a breaker to the main panel right now. Is there any harm in adding a junction box with a blank plate -flush&exposed- in the wall surface behind the current water heater location, run some #10 wire from there to the main panel, and leave the #10 wire coiled up near the main panel (but not wired into said main panel)? And add some super durable labels to the coil of wire and the junction box plate, of course.
Is a neatly coiled spool of hanging wire, labeled and purposefully not connected to an adjacent main panel, a NEC violation or some other standard practice no-no?
Comments appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore
