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Separating a group of wires to 2 groups

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Old 04-12-18, 10:25 AM
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Separating a group of wires to 2 groups
Hi all,
I have a 4 gang electrical light switch box with 8 romex wires connected. I haven't been able to find wire nuts that can group 8 wires together, and was wondering if I could do 2 groups of 4 wires, and then a joining wire in between. Would that be too much traffic for that joining wire? Concept diagram attached.
 
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Something like this?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/204071446
 
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Old 04-12-18, 11:05 AM
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Yes...you can put the neutrals in two splices as shown.
 
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As long as all of the wires are part of the same circuit you can do what you propose.
 
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