Closet electrical outlet

[conarb]

OK, don't agree.........JMHO

In little things like this we contractors just do what the inspectors tell us "they want", I recently had a contractor tell me that an inspector was trying to make him screw the sheetrock along the sole plate and ask if he was right, I gave him the code sections and other information where the inspector might be right but when he said he was going over the inspector's head and complaining to his boss I asked him: "You can do a 10,000 square foot house in an hour, is this really the hill you want to die on?"

 

[fatboy]

Yup, you have to pick your battles.......on both sides of the fence.

 

[Dennis]

I have to disagree with some of the above. If an inspector is trying to enforce something that is not code then I think it is worth talking about. I am not in the habit of doing what the inspector wants simply because he doesn't like it. Show it to me in black and white or I will go over their head even for little stuff. Most of the guys we work with are more than happy to listen and discuss the code. If they are wrong they will admit it as will I.

If you guys are saying that a jb in a closet is not compliant then I will have to say that is incorrect. A jb does not need to be readily accessible so hidden behind clothing is perfectly legitimate.

 

[fatboy]

That's what I said..........I didn't agree with the inspector.

 

[FLSTF01]

Sometimes they just make that stuff up.....

Oh, how true that statement can be. LOL

 

[steveray]

You guys have me searching for a code section now. I do agree that we can't just make stuff up though. back when I was a contractor, I had a Building official tell me that. It stuck.

I agree that it could be compliant with a switched outlet and welcome my CT colleague...Don't let these guys scare you off, they are trying to help. Huge amounts of talent here. My old boss used to tell people that they needed an illuminated switch for the attic light so they couldn't forget it on...And they did it...

 

[ICE]

Sometimes they just make that stuff up.....

But when I do it's a lot better than stuff like this.