You are not being nitepickey. I was a former 3rd year apprentice who recentley left the field. You are trying to do the right thing. I cant count how many times box fill was wrong, conduit fill was way too much and so on. I would check with the AHJ. If you do it the bosses way and then he finds out that you have to go back with the proper wirenuts he may very well get the right stuff to begin with rather than pay you again to go out and fix what he knew was wrong in the first place. Its a wet location. Use the proper wirenuts.The money he will pay to fix it will be more than just buying the right wirenuts. CHEAP> is what I see here. Along with future problems down the road for the customer.

[This message has been edited by steve ancient apprentice (edited 11-20-2006).]