I am the AHJ I’m sorry sorry you seem to think so little of us. I guess the way I’m reading your writing. You may be a great wireman but some of us are great inspectors. A lot of us take our responsibility very seriously. I’m not out their to busy your butt....but I will hold you accountable...as I should. We constantly deal with crooks...unlicensed individuals and down bad people. I suggest if you can come with us to see our side. I treat every contractor respectfully, spend hours training and do everything I can to help them. Don’t judge...I don’t
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has nothing to do with inspectors.
you do your job, thats good, some inspectors dont do the job very well.
what i mean is, how do you know what calls for special torq'ing? and then how would you even inspect that?
unless you watch the tool in use, from the inspector view, torq specs are rather useless, no?
if the lug calls for 40lb-ft of torq and the place burns to the ground because someone said the lug was loose, and i show you my 1% torq wrench that sits in my truck, you hold who liable? i would think the AHJ has the liability to verify that it was done right, but i just do not see how unless the inspector is there to watch, and possibly verify the certification of the tool being used.
most of electrical work is best effort. i have never really seen an inspector do much more than visual inspections, and not just on electrical work (less a gfi or ocpd test). yep, the wire caps are on, but you cant touch them, you might screw up the torq. yep, the screw in ocpd looks like its holding that wire tight, but the installer put +120% torq on the screw, yet you cant test that. maybe wire nuts should be banned in favor of Wago? you could at least verify that the Wago levers were pushed all the way closed, etc.
would knurled or V groove spring-clamp clamshell connectors be a good thing on ocpd's, you just strip wire and then push it into the clamshell, and the spring applies the proper force to hold/contact the wire. no torq guessing, no torq tool certs, no worrying about if the right torq was even applied etc etc.
anyways, its like laws that are impossible to enforce. so, happy torq'ing.