San Francisco is a special place to work.
San Francisco is a special place to work.
It has changed each code cycle so that is part of the problem.
I think CA is under the CEC which is based on the 2008 NEC. Is that correct?
San Francisco has burnt down so many times that they have some of the strictest laws in the nation. They make their own rules. As long as we know what the rules are we just do what they want.
In this case as with many other times each of the inspectors has their own idea of what is right and what is wrong. They have their supervisors they have to answer to. I cannot tell you which book they are working under because they may take parts of the newest book and use those rules even though they are working of the older book.
I will ask my head electrical inspectors this question next week. I've asked before. I will get several answers and obviously someone is right and someone is wrong. I can't play that game with them. It's politics. I just really want a lesson on why AFCI and what the NEC is trying to accomplish so that I can make my own mind up how this applies to the safety of my clients.
Thanks in advance for your help.