Alan_Hepburn wrote:
soren wrote:
Alan_Hepburn wrote:
soren wrote:
...The job of the inspector is to visually inspect the installation to confirm that it meets code requirements, and that it was done to a minimum standard.
Meeting code requirements includes making sure that L1, L2, Neutral, and ground are all connected to the correct terminals - they also make sure that the correct size wire is used based on the requirements of the load and the circuit breaker.
Sounds great when you state what SHOULD be done in a perfect world. However, wording your statement as a declaration of fact isn't going to wash. After a few hundreds hours spent, along side of various electrical inspectors, as the perform their duties, I can assure you that a significant percentage of them would of given this job a pass, and jumped in the truck less than five minutes after they arrived. Doesn't matter what their job is on paper, the reality is that they often have a full schedule, a lot of ground to cover, and often no time to be going over another professional's work with a microscope.
And how long would that inspector have a job if it turns out that he signed off on a job that ended up killing someone? Cities, as a general rule, do not like liability issues and I don't think miswiring an electrical circuit would be something that would be passed by ANY ethical inspector...
When my garage wiring was upgraded, the inspector didn't even look at most of it. After two "failed" "inspections", he finally signed off on it...despite never seeing most of it, not actually turning the power on, and the fact that nothing that "failed" was actually changed. I should have just given him the cash the first time...what a pain.
