The NEC does not deal with design issues (supposedly). On that basis, you shouldn't expect the code to change.

As far as residential wiring is concerned, if you could show how this is a safety related issue, keeping in mind that there are many years of experiance dealing with house wiring in the code, then you would have some basis for getting this changed in the NEC. I don't think it is any big deal.

Housewiring is such a cut-throat business, those that do it usually have to stick to the bare minimum in order to get the job, otherwise they'd price themselves out of the market.

Just for grins [Linked Image] , why don't you submit a proposal for the 2005 NEC?

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.