RLyons
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So I was called to go to a covered porch which a homeowner wired.
I asked the homeowner what the insp did he said he had a plug tester and the gfi didn't trip, of course it didn't there is no ground.
So I check and redo the sloppy wiring and tell the customer it checks out from what I can see put a no egc sticker on it and tell customer to have insp call if he has any questions.
Now I'm being told insp want a jumper placed from the neutral to the ground screw on the gfi. Wait, what? Is there something new going on that I'm not aware of? He also said in a 2 wire application the load side of the gfi doesn't protect downstream devices.
Where do I start to fight this? Gfi manufacturer?
I asked the homeowner what the insp did he said he had a plug tester and the gfi didn't trip, of course it didn't there is no ground.
So I check and redo the sloppy wiring and tell the customer it checks out from what I can see put a no egc sticker on it and tell customer to have insp call if he has any questions.
Now I'm being told insp want a jumper placed from the neutral to the ground screw on the gfi. Wait, what? Is there something new going on that I'm not aware of? He also said in a 2 wire application the load side of the gfi doesn't protect downstream devices.
Where do I start to fight this? Gfi manufacturer?