Take the time to introduce yourself to the inspectors in your area and always ask them IN ADVANCE when you have a question how *they* want to interpret the NEC code.

So few people do this they will remember & maybe even respect you for asking.

It's been my experience they have a MUCH better attitude when approached like this.

The reason everybody you'll ask has different experiences & opinions is it's all in how *their* local inspectors read the code from area-to-area & year-to-year.

The CORRECT answer is usually whatever your local guys say it is, and they can change their minds as they need and/or want to. They are not always just being inconsistent for sport, they learn about new *issues* all the time, just like we do. Some of their issues make the front pages, so that's their mindset sometimes.




Edit... Ernie types faster than I do..


Yeah... what he said.