ivsenroute
Senior Member
- Location
- Florida
There seems to be a lot of complaining about inspectors and their lack of code knowledge. This is a common a problem for electricians as it is inspectors. Here are a few failed inspection finds that one would think would be common knowledge for a professional electrician:
* Bond clamp and wire connected to the plastic well pipe.
* Forgot to run any wire or boxes for smoke detectors.
* NM inside conduit outside.
* UF to exterior hot tub/pool.
* No main panel bond screw
* Panel bond screw loose with paper still on it
* 500 kcmil aluminum for a 400A service
* 200A total meter base for a 400A service
* Connecting one of the phases to the neutral bar in the meter base
* Only 1 circuit to kitchen counters
* Running a new 15A circuit to the bathroom receptacle
* Installing 8/3 on a 50A circuit
* Forgetting to connect the ground ring on a 12,400volt transformer
* Drilling every single hole within 1-1/4" of the edge of studs with no protector plates.
* Running 12/2 to and between every smoke detector that is suppose to be interconnected.
* Installing receptacles above electric baseboard heat
* Installing baseboard heat below receptacles.
* Forgetting to install a disconnect for a hot tub
* Installing the receptacle for an above ground pool 24" away from the pool.
* Forgetting to install a light in the attic space when required
* Installing a brand new IT area for a large business and completely forgetting the disco requirements of 645.10
* Penetrating a true "firewall" more than 36" above the finished floor
* Installing non-IC cans where they are in contact with insulation
* Failure to install receptacles within 25' of HVAC equip outdoors
* Failure to bond CSST and/or other gas pipe properly
* Stubbing up into the fire pump room with sched 40 pvc
* Not bonding the rebar for the concrete around inground pool.
* Failure to wire luminairs IAW the IECC when it applies
* Lack of seals in conduit when required for fuel dispensing stations.
* Ground rods 3' apart.
* Mounting condensing fan disco's behind the units with no working space
* Not following the approved, stamped plans in commercial work.
Don't call me for a rough wiring inspection and not have the grounds tied together and bonded to the enclosure then complain that you have to have all of the devices pulled out of the walls for me to see inside the boxes since you did not have them connected the first time.
Don't ever ask me "What do you want?" it is not what I or any other inspector wants. What is required is something you should already know.
Do call me to ask me for a clarification on an issue.
Do not call me to ask me 10 questions about the installation you are about to do and take up 30 minutes of my time on the phone. I don't design it for you, I verify what you did was code compliant and per the approved prints for commercial jobs.
Don't get PO'd at me because I won't sign off on an inspection because you are not done but tell me you will have it done by the end of the day. When you are done, I can check your work. If you are not done, cancel the inspection and reschedule.
* Bond clamp and wire connected to the plastic well pipe.
* Forgot to run any wire or boxes for smoke detectors.
* NM inside conduit outside.
* UF to exterior hot tub/pool.
* No main panel bond screw
* Panel bond screw loose with paper still on it
* 500 kcmil aluminum for a 400A service
* 200A total meter base for a 400A service
* Connecting one of the phases to the neutral bar in the meter base
* Only 1 circuit to kitchen counters
* Running a new 15A circuit to the bathroom receptacle
* Installing 8/3 on a 50A circuit
* Forgetting to connect the ground ring on a 12,400volt transformer
* Drilling every single hole within 1-1/4" of the edge of studs with no protector plates.
* Running 12/2 to and between every smoke detector that is suppose to be interconnected.
* Installing receptacles above electric baseboard heat
* Installing baseboard heat below receptacles.
* Forgetting to install a disconnect for a hot tub
* Installing the receptacle for an above ground pool 24" away from the pool.
* Forgetting to install a light in the attic space when required
* Installing a brand new IT area for a large business and completely forgetting the disco requirements of 645.10
* Penetrating a true "firewall" more than 36" above the finished floor
* Installing non-IC cans where they are in contact with insulation
* Failure to install receptacles within 25' of HVAC equip outdoors
* Failure to bond CSST and/or other gas pipe properly
* Stubbing up into the fire pump room with sched 40 pvc
* Not bonding the rebar for the concrete around inground pool.
* Failure to wire luminairs IAW the IECC when it applies
* Lack of seals in conduit when required for fuel dispensing stations.
* Ground rods 3' apart.
* Mounting condensing fan disco's behind the units with no working space
* Not following the approved, stamped plans in commercial work.
Don't call me for a rough wiring inspection and not have the grounds tied together and bonded to the enclosure then complain that you have to have all of the devices pulled out of the walls for me to see inside the boxes since you did not have them connected the first time.
Don't ever ask me "What do you want?" it is not what I or any other inspector wants. What is required is something you should already know.
Do call me to ask me for a clarification on an issue.
Do not call me to ask me 10 questions about the installation you are about to do and take up 30 minutes of my time on the phone. I don't design it for you, I verify what you did was code compliant and per the approved prints for commercial jobs.
Don't get PO'd at me because I won't sign off on an inspection because you are not done but tell me you will have it done by the end of the day. When you are done, I can check your work. If you are not done, cancel the inspection and reschedule.