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So I got ahold of the inspector again today. He said what he thought I needed to use was "Staycons"? I couldn't even find that online. But he checked with his boss and he said as long as the wire nut was rated for the number of wires, that I should be fine. For me, that would be 5 x #12, I...

It is, I pushed some of the wire out the back of the box, I can pull the recepts out a good couple inches more.

Here's an example of what he claimed was a violation - https://goo.gl/photos/H25p8ZZFv2htQXLHA (GFCI using Line in and Load terminal to add 2nd outlet) and https://goo.gl/photos/4UfiXjk6GXmfb4Tt8 (two separate circuits) These are the wire nuts - https://goo.gl/photos/cpE4oZWxkudnWSfDA and...

They didn't give me any paper, just told me to call back after I fixed it for a reinspection of the electrical.

They do have a hole in the top and I don't have one that is longer, so what if I just use them as regular caps? Maybe it will make him happy to see green inside the box at least lol.

Thanks guys, I got some greenies, it's just a pain since there's like 20+ boxes to pull apart now and redo. Just wasting my time. If you look through my photos, there's one of my subpanel for the garage. You can pretty easily tell that I am no stranger to working with electrical :) I thought...

So I have been building a large attached garage and laundry room. So far all my inspections have been great and passed. Today they came for the rough-in and failed the electrical. I'm not stranger to electrical, but I will admit that I may have overlooked something in the code book. My...