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Has anyone ever heard of this, on a final electric inspection the inspector required the building contractor to backfeed a genset to the house so he could do his inspection.?????
 
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I haven't heard this exaclty, however I do know there are several jurisdictions here in Florida that will not provide a final inspection without power to the building or structure.
 
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We did over 3000 finals last year in Florida and all had no power .The AHJ did their walk through checked amperage ratings and made sure all spacing(no covered receps)Checked closet clearances and issued a final so a meter can be installed.
 
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How do the inspectors verify if AFCI and GFCI's test correctly? How do they verify what is gfci and afci protected? How do they verify the smoke alarms ar operating and interconnected? How do they verify there are no ground-faults or short-circuits on any circuits? The list is endless. I don't see how jurisdictions can operate in this manner.
 
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Originally posted by bphgravity:
I don't see how jurisdictions can operate in this manner.
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Always been that way here for residential. Local utility says, "no final, no power" . :roll:
 
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In Kissimmee, FL it's no final, no power. All work has to be 99.9% complete and any fixtures not hung have to have the circuit locked out / tagged. $125 fine for removing the lock without the inspector's OK. :eek:
 
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Originally posted by electricman2:
Originally posted by bphgravity:
I don't see how jurisdictions can operate in this manner.
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Always been that way here for residential. Local utility says, "no final, no power" . :roll:
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Just the opposite here "no power, no final"

The service is inspected separately. Preferably as soon in the job as possible so the rest of the contractors can have power.

Sometimes in my area you can get a "Provisional Final" pending a walk through later. Perhaps this is how they're doing it?

I do fully agree with bph on this.
WAY too much liability to approve without knowing if anything is operating correctly. The list is endless as he says.
 
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I agree that power on inspections should be status quo but that isn`t the case here.The inspectors don`t care if the system works at all.AFCI and gfci are only stickers and breakers sad but true.An entire home can be dead shorted and the AHJ will pass it.Why because he/she doesn`t know of a fault.If it doesn`t work oh well that is the contractors problem.
 
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Allen, where is their responsibility ? "Sad is'nt it" Tax payers pay their salaries don't they and You would expect a little more concern for Life, health and safety! On that note "New post comin' on"
 
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I have never been under the impression an electrical inspectors job is to make sure my stuff works, only that what I have done is installed per the NEC.

The customer or the customers representative is the one that ensures that on the jobs I work.
 
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Originally posted by triphase:
Allen, where is their responsibility ? "Sad is'nt it" Tax payers pay their salaries don't they and You would expect a little more concern for Life, health and safety! On that note "New post comin' on"
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Not in the state of Florida. The building departments here must be "self-funded", meaning the building activity (permiting) provides the inspection budget.

I agree that I am not required to ensure everything works, however I do have to ensure receptacles that are required to be gfci protected indeed are. The same goes for afci requirements and any other "power dependent" code issues.
 
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Here in Maryland on final GFCI's are tested. If they don't work you fail. Alleast in the counties I work in. Some counties here don't have an electrical inspection or plumbing either.
 
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Here we run temp power to house form temp pole.
on final inspection inspectors use plug in testor on every outlet check out GFI's and arc faults and turn lights on. after the power is turend on by POCO we only need to go back to get temp pole.
 
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Originally posted by iwire:
I have never been under the impression an electrical inspectors job is to make sure my stuff works, only that what I have done is installed per the NEC.
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I agree, however, things such as GFCI's that don't work means noncompliance with the NEC.
 
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