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Well I already know how electricians think Charlie. We understand almost everthing. It's just interesting to find out how inspectors get confused somtimes and misinterpret our installations as being done incorrectly. :D
 
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LOL

Originally posted by charlie:
Sam, inspection is easy. You look at the electrician, if it you, red tag. See how easy that was? :D
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Roger
 
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More like 8 or 10 but I've only been really good at it for a few yew years. :p
 
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I'm sorry Sam, Charlie's a bad influence. ;)

Roger
 
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Yeah he is. ;)

Edit: That's alright, I'll just play me a little blues guitar here. :cool:

[ March 18, 2005, 07:03 PM: Message edited by: physis ]
 
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After about 5 years it determines who is an electrician and who is a helper for ever.I have met guys over the years that have a J card and can`t hook up a puck light/trans.
We as electricians are the most swelled headed guys in the trade,we all think we are the best at what we do :D Point being,we all learn everyday.If not we are the masters master :D Anyone here know it all :p
 
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Anyone here know it all?
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Yes, I knew it all until I started finding how much I didn't know. I am getting to the point that I don't know anything . . . but at one time, I did know everything. :D
 
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I find that alot of inspectors seem to focus on the wrong things. I do not think alot of these guys have proper training as to what to look for on a rough. I wonder if there is infact a "per say" checklist of important things to look for that all inspectors are given on the first day, or is it a "throw you to the wolves" type of environment.

Today I had an inspector come to a house for a rough inspection. He walks through the house, cited the fact that the fisrt plug was 7 foot from the edge of the door entering the room. BIG WOOP. A single foot off. Well, lets not forget the fact that he never even checked to see if either of my two 200Amp panels had water grounds and didnt even go down stairs to view the panels. Also, he gunned me because my recessed light in a closet was not in the center of the room in the 5 by 5 closet - (it was 2 foot away from any possible shelf), when on the same wall I clearly forgot to place nailgaurds on the base place where 6 feeders where exiting the floor. It was my bad, and I fixed it when he left. I just think alot of these guys are not trained properly. No offense to the ones that are!
 
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Well I still know almost everything Charlie. I don't have enough experience to not know very much yet. :D
 
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Hi guys, a couple of things I found in this thread bothered me, first, I don't think the code uses the term "usable" when referring to wall space. In a hallway you would need 10' of uninterrupted wall before you would need an outlet. Otherwise, in a room, any two foot section would need one. Second, if an inspector finds a violation on the rough in and tells you, great, fix it. I've dealt with inspectors who don't care if it's there on the rough, but it better be there on the finish. I'd rather fix it before they rock.

Respectfully JC
 
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He has failed houses for not being able to find the temp GFI, there's no code requiring that, that I know of.
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Sorry...don't shoot the messenger!

Dave
 
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In a hallway you would need 10' of uninterrupted wall before you would need an outlet.
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What Allen was getting at is that this isn't true. 250.52(H) requires a minimum of one outlet per hallway of 10' in length. The sides of a hallway can be broken by many doors, and afford you less than 2' of wall space in the entire hall; but if the length of the hall measured down the centerline before passing through a doorway is 10' or longer, you need to get an outlet in there somewhere. :D

[ March 19, 2005, 09:26 AM: Message edited by: georgestolz ]
 
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Oh, I thought you meant he couldn't find the GFI protection for the temp power that you installed.

No, I've Never heard of an inspector Requiring Temp. power! Does he supply the material?!?! :)

Dave
 
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