Re: Walk-in closet lighting
When I do houses (Its very rare I do houses, no profit in them)
I guess if I were an electrician and the builder didn't spec a light in that size a closet, I would put one in out of my own pocket
Irollo,
I'll admit that you probably won't make the kind of money you want to if you're wiring houses for a track builder and installing the bare minimum. But, if you're wiring custom houses you can make the money you want to on extras. I'm a sport when it comes to installing an extra receptacle or two at my own expense but installing a fluorescent fixture is quite another thing. It's not merely the $ 65.00. It's the $ 65.00 for that fixture, the additional $$ to run a 50 amp line instead of a 30 amp line because the builder forgot to mention it was a 5 ton AC unit instead of a 3 ton, and, oh yes, remember that bathroom in the basement.........there's a sewer ejector pump that wasn't shown on the drawings that you'll have to wire, etc., etc.
What I'm trying to say is that if that closet light fixture were the only item that was left off the drawings and you want to install it at your own expense.....that's your call. But, from my experience, if the light fixture was left off the drawings then it's quite possible that other items were (inadvertently) left off the drawings. And, it always seems that no one prior to you arriving on the job wants to take the onus for the omissions but it's you, the electrician, who ends up with a potential lawsuit because you didn't install a light fixture in a closet.
The long and short of this is that although we're all here offering our own opinions and expertise, our first mission is to try to make money doing electrical work. Once we figure out how to do that then we have the NEC to guide us in doing it safely and properly. Doing what is safe and proper at your own expense is commendable but to try and make money after the fact is a long shot.
Just my opinion,
Phil
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