it is not enforced, so it is not required

[Jhr]

Re: it is not enforced, so it is not required

I disagree with all who say the AHJ cannot be an individual, as the definition is clear. Isn't the inspector the one responsible for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure. Even the FPN mentions an electrical inspector, NEC 2002

 

[George Stolz]

Re: it is not enforced, so it is not required

Josesito,

If the AHJ is the final word of interpretation (which is true, by 90.4), then why can your "AHJ" (the inspector) be overruled? Because the inspector works for the AHJ.

Even the NFPA, the creator of the NEC, cannot overturn a ruling made by the AHJ, that's the way it's written, that's the way the NFPA likes it.

Bob's statement is spot on, and he even showed us what the NEC means when it says "special permission."

Nos escucha, estamos correctos en este. Si no puedes, regresa para tu cuarto, como tu mama dice.

 

[charlie b]

Re: it is not enforced, so it is not required

Jhr: I submit that when the Article 100 definition refers to the "individual responsible," it means a position that is filled by only a single person. Consider this: when one person retires and another person is hired, the authority does not remain with the retiree. The authority remains with the position, and it is now another person who is exercising that authority on behalf of the governing body that created the position.

 

[lile001]

Re: it is not enforced, so it is not required

Well here is an update. Instead of having him get out a chisel and a spoon, we decided he has to bond all four anchor bolts on two structural beams at two corners of the building using bonding locknuts. Maybe, hopefully, these anchor bolts are tied to some rebar somewhere. If not, they most likely add up to 20 feet embedded in concrete.

Also, we made him bond structural steel on two sides of a firewall, because nobody can tell us if the structural steel is continuous through the firewall. There is a service entrance on one side of the firewall, and a big transformer grounded to building steel on the other side. and also because the AHJ said he's got to do this.

If it says on the plans "electrical contractor shall stand on his head and go THHHBB and say wooga wooga" and he signed his bid, then that is what he has to do, regardless of the code. This time all it says is he'll ground the building according to detail such and such, which just happens to meet the requirements of NEC 2005.