In the state I live, electrical inspectors are enforcement agents. That's right, a badge and a gun (although I have never seen one carrying a gun). The NEC is state law, and the inspectors are charged with upholding that piece of the state law.
Now, the OP is an inspector, a special agent of the AHJ, an enforcement agent, maybe even with arrest powers, and she thinks it is okay to shut down a job, because an inspector thinks the code does not allow a particular installation. After all the inspector is not a "walking code book".
Shutting down a job costs money. Not just the contractor, but eventually the owners as well. Continued application of this moron phillosophy increases the cost of projects.
The OPs's phillosophy appears to be:
1. The inspector need not be technically versed in their vocation;
2. It's okay for the inspector to shut down a job, costing all involve, simply because the inspector can not be bothered with checking the law they have been hired to enforce;
3. It is up to the contractor to research the issue, possibly employing mind reading skills to determine the inspector's perceived applicability and then petition to reverse the enforcement action.
Who knows, maybe the AHJ agrees with this practice and has the attitude of, "Yes that's what the code says. Our interpretation is (insert something blatently crosswise). By the way, our interpretation is the one that matters". I've certainly seen a few posts on here that appear to support this practice.
I find the entire concept technically incompetent, arrogant, demeaning, and morally bankrupt.
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