Trevor: I agree, but my boss at the time taught me a valuable lesson, learn when to pick your fights. let the little things go, you may need the good karma in the major fight later.
I worked with this particular inspector for years and he was a decent guy and for the most part a fair inspector this was his belief and as long as one was aware of it posed no problem.
Years later when we would do emergency repairs of a switchgear, we would call him at home in the middle of the night, he would give us leeway in allowing us to work and pass the job without a valid permit (he would come to the job), allowing us to get the power on. The next day we would get the permit. Under local rules he was allowed to do this but did not have too. Small price to pay for relocating a few screws 10 years earlier.
