Sparkdoctor
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- Jacksonville, FL. Duval
We recently upgraded an electrical service from 400 to 800 amps. The inspector had a couple items on his list of why he failed the job; 1. No argument we had installed an under sized EGC, that was a miss communication between the foreman and a helper (shame on us). But the second item #2 he is requiring that we install a surge device on the service. He stated it was a City code? Being in Florida and having adopted the FBC (Florida Building Code) which in turn adopts the NFPA 70 well about every 6 years or so (we just moved into the 2011 code this last January, anyway that's a different can of worms). According to what I understand the NFPA did not accept any changes or additions at the local level. So how do you think a jurisdiction can require more than what is required by the NEC. He did not state a code reference for the issue just stated it was a City code. I have since looked them up on their web-site and it states they use the 2014 FBC and in turn the NEC 2011 but no City codes are listed. What would you do?