On September 15, 2009 at 13:42, 39 Cent Stamp said...
I have seen inspectors pass electricians that had shorts in the house and bare, live wire hanging out of the walls. :)
When i asked the carpenter "how did he pass the inspection" i was told "the inspector around here knows all the electricians so he just passed them, they spent about 15 minutes talking by the front door and then he left".
That has to do with installation practices, not materials used. It's a different arguement. Obviously, a junction box with unterminated wire, will have that wire terminated when it's all said and done.
In my area, a company can build a score with the electrical safety authority. Depending on that score, which is based on successful inspections, a company will only have random installations critically inspected. It's about work load for the electrical authority. I don't agree with it, but it's being done.
