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Something tells me that if you push for lower permit fees, you would magically start failing inspections with fees to recover the loss. :eek:
 
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I'm sure the inspector is a busy guy. Just about every time I've dealt with an inspector, they seemed like they were in a hurry. We have a new inspection jurisdiction that just went into place last month, and I think the policy is that they want to be able to come out for inspections the same day you call for them, even if it's a final. Under the previous system, I had a hard enough time getting a hold of inspectors, let alone scheduling them to come out. The new system works pretty well in this regard.

I also wondered if they do things differently if it's an HO permit vs an EC permit. I would imagine they could assume the EC has a certain level of competence that the average HO probably lacks. But then they don't always know if the job was done by an employee of the EC who has a bad attitude.

Personally, I want to do a top-notch job, and if I miss something, I'd hope it was caught. I occasionally do forget to do something, and I'm glad an inspector caught it and let me know. My goal is certainly not to just get a green sticker and be done with it. When I first started out, I was a little nervous about getting inspected, but now I see them as a chance to show off the work I did and perhaps learn new things.
 
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Originally posted by apauling:
I had an inspector once that when he came on the job, would say , not in a bad way, "Oh, it's you." sign the tag and go. I never tried to get away with anything, he never caught me trying anything, houses aren't rocket science, so it was never a matter of code.

I didn't appreciate it that much at the time.
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As long as you and your inspector have a really good rapor this is not the norm,I had an inspector who has since retired :( He did a rough in on a house the shop called but the job wasn`t done,I always sign the interior of the panel and this was a split service ,I didn`t know he was there since The entry was out of site he went to the panel as I was bringing the SER into the disc,He walked around saw me and said daam allen I should have looked in the panel first and saved all that time.
 
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Did you drill holes in the LB's, and is that a code issue or a local thing???
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You know I was going to ask the same thing, that does seem odd to me and what purpose does that serve, if its to let water drain out then whats the gasket for :confused: ?
 
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I noticed some holes in LB's the other day. First time I ever saw it. The code does say raceways must be arranged to drain.

I dont know lets see what others say. :confused:
 
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My first inspection was way back when I was a little electrician, I rewired a farmhouse for my then-future in-laws. The house had been gutted, so was wired as new.

"Dad" insisted that I put the meter base on the back porch instead of outside. I told him we would have to relocate it to the rear of the house, but did as he asked.

It was my first whole-house job. I wasn't there for inspection, but I was told that the inspector looked in the panel and said he didn't need to check the rest of the job.

On his way out, he said, "But you do have to move the meter to the back of the house."
 
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quik inspections? what about no inspection. i was a johnny on the spot foreman for a housing sub division for my last company. all inspections where done by an independant agency (permit by affidavit). story basically goes after i took over the sub division, the inspector walked two rough's and then preceded to come to the site's after that and ask me to bring him the permits to sign off without ever walking the house's. i was literally awestruck. i had a really good group of guys and i on average spent an hour walking the houses after each stage making sure things where as perfect as perfect gets but the whole thing really kinda made me sick.... i knew the work was good but what about other places this guy "inspected"...what if i did miss something....kinda felt cheated

but i will say our local 3 here in srq for county are great, hats off ray, chris and gene
 
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I don't know how it is now but it used to be here in Rockford that electrical inspections were basically a formality for union contractors and a nightmare for HOs and non-union guys. The inspection dept was all ex-union guys and seemed to feel it was primarily their duty to keep out non-union guys. Maybe that is part of the reason I am so ambivalent about unions in general. They were incredibly sucessfull at keeping out non-union contractors in the city proper while virtually all of the residential business outside the city was non-union.

I think it was one of many abuses that led to the voters taking away the city's home rule powers.
 
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Originally posted by jes25:
I noticed some holes in LB's the other day. First time I ever saw it. The code does say raceways must be arranged to drain.

I dont know lets see what others say. :confused:
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Is an LB a raceway or a fitting?
 
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Here in Minnesota 300.7 is important. In winter, a house can cause a lot of water to condense inside the service entrance conduit unless the raceway is plugged with duct seal to prevent air moving freely inside the raceway.

When the weather is warm enough for precipitation or run-off, 230.53 says the raceway must be arranged drain. The LB is almost always the low point. To permit the water from the raceway to drain, we cut weep holes at the bottom of the curve of the conduit body.
 
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Exactly. The LBs were the low points in this case, so I drilled holes at the bottoms. I also put enough duct seal to choke a horse in each piece of conduit from the LBs to the panelboards.

The panelboards are dry, and they will stay that way.
 
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Because I am a combination inspector, I have to inspect all aspects of the house. I take about 90-120 minutes to do a rough, and 30-60 to do a final. Our houses are pretty big though.
 
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We have a few one-and-two family dwelling inspectors that will do a complete home rough or final. It takes them about that much time as well. :cool:
 
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Originally posted by stars13bars2:
Scott
LB's are condulets and if you were a contractor you would a knowed that.
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These things just write themselves. :D :D :D
 
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yes, Scott :D :D :D
ROFLMAO
they do write themselves......
heaven help us
 
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Originally posted by stars13bars2:
Scott
LB's are condulets and if you were a contractor you would a knowed that.
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thank you amos and andy electric (old timers will who amos and andy are)
 
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Originally posted by ryan_618:
Because I am a combination inspector, I have to inspect all aspects of the house. I take about 90-120 minutes to do a rough, and 30-60 to do a final. Our houses are pretty big though.
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I wish inspectors around here would spend a couple of hours walking a rough.
 
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Originally posted by PlnOldRick:
thank you amos and andy electric (old timers will who amos and andy are)
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I guess that makes me an old timer. ;)
 
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