I understand that normally, the NEC is not happy with mixing voltages in raceways, but I have an odd situation. I'm installing an electric radiant heated floor in my bathroom, and the thermostat I have chosen comes with a remote temperature probe.
I roughed in a deep j-box with sealtite run down through the sillplate, even with the floor so I can fish their special lead wires in when I'm ready to lay the floor. I then rocked the wall. Then, it occurred to me to look through the manuals, and they state that the remote floor temp sensor needs to be run separately, which makes sense from an NEC standpoint. This is when I found out that there was a remote temperature sensor! That being said, I'd really hate to deal with fishing this little cable up to the j-box, given how the wall is framed. Equally, I'd hate to fish a second conduit to this 1-gang j-box just for a 20-guage wire.
The odd part is that the sensor still needs to enter the j-box to get to the back of the thermostat, so it's not like the code is truly followed. You would think that the most-likely place for low and high voltage to accidentally come in contact would be in the j-box. So, my thought would be to use rubber refrigerator ice line (clear) and fish the sensor wires through that, then fish that through the high-voltage conduit. This way, I'm double-insulating the sensor wiring. Another possibility is to splice the sensor wiring to listed 20-guage thhn wires with the same insulation rating as their lead wires and fishing that through.
Products:
T-stat: http://www.aubetech.com/manuel/2/%282006_disc.%29%20TH115-A-F-AF.pdf
Radiant floor:
http://www.thermosoft.com/radiant-floor-heating/installing-radiant-floor-heat/Your thoughts?
