Failed inspection for only 1 gec ran to panel

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reid24202

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Electrician
Failed for only having 1 gec conductor ran to panel. I permanently attached #6 from water line and #6 from ground rods and ran 1 unbroken to main service panel. Inspector says both must terminate in main breaker panel. Trying to figure out how to post a photo, will do so
 
Was told they both have to terminate in the panel. I asked for a code reference he said he can look it up but then he wont allow me to submit a picture
 
He told me to cut the wire off the crimp and use a butt splice to run the short wire 3' up to the panel. Ill post a Pic when I'm done. Have to drive way out of my way to do this
 
The first photo was code compliant. You didn't even need to use irreversible connectors as a split-bolt would be okay too. The second photo is not code complaint with two conductors run through the IBT.
 
Send him this thread. Maybe he's new and just needs to be taught better. Or has experience and just doing what someone erroneously told him years ago. Or misremembered a code section. It happens. I have unwittingly enforced things wrong for years before and nobody pushed back - so I kept enforcing it that way until one day I stumbled across the right code section and realized what I was doing...
 
He may be testing you. If you do a lot of work in his aera then I would just fix it and move on. In my experience not all inspectors are good. There are times to pick a fight with them and only you can decide when that best for you. Making an enemy of an inspector that I have to see often is not worth it to me. Also keep in mind that the inspectors are human like all of us, not prefect!
 
NJTommy said:
He may be testing you. If you do a lot of work in his aera then I would just fix it and move on. In my experience not all inspectors are good. There are times to pick a fight with them and only you can decide when that best for you. Making an enemy of an inspector that I have to see often is not worth it to me. Also keep in mind that the inspectors are human like all of us, not prefect!
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That's what I'm doing. I gave my opinion and agreed to do what he wants. The part that I don't like is when I ask for the article and his interpretation of it he said if he does that then he wont allow me to send him a picture to get the approval
 
reid24202 said:
That's what I'm doing. I gave my opinion and agreed to do what he wants. The part that I don't like is when I ask for the article and his interpretation of it he said if he does that then he wont allow me to send him a picture to get the approval
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I get it you want to pass the inspection, get paid, and move on but inspectors who get things wrong need to be called out. Especially when they act as you've mentioned and won't even give you a code section that is violated.

Personally I would speak to him and outline why he's wrong. If he pulls the "do it my way" card I'm going over his head for resolution.
 
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