Please gentlemen. Try to treat each other respectfully.
The thread should have ended several posts ago. This is unwarranted squabbling.
Best regards.
Robert Young
Thank you for the kind words. I just try to stick to the facts and avoid the subterfuge.
Given that you cannot cite code, and that the purpose of codes are life safety, you don’t see a code violation as a safety issue? I really don’t see how that is serving the best interests of the buyers. What happens when the new buyers sell and the next inspector correctly notes the issue?
Although its not prohibited by the NEC , the NEC requires following the manufactures instructions. Most ( if not all ) listed electric baseboard heaters prohibit installing them under outlets.
Thank you Robert for your longstanding, expert electrical advice! It is much appreciated.
A specialist(electrician) having a deeper understanding than a generalist (home inspector) should be self evident.
On another thread MP boasts of passing a law where the generalist can not be questioned by the specialist. I can not think of anything more retarded, and this thread is a perfect example of that.
The baseboard heater is in no way part of the electrical installation or permitted equipment.
Here is a better question: How does an electrical heater fit in with NEC 210.52(a) given the electrical heater does not come with any built-in 120V receptacles? How do you meet code when the instructions that come with the heater forbid to be installed below outlets. I see no exception for this in the code. I guess you cannot?
There are basically two ways that you can satisfy the 6’/12’ spacing rule in Article 210. You can buy the receptacles that are integral to the electric baseboard heat or you’ll need to leave a space between the sections of baseboard for the receptacle placement.
Jim I don’t write Ohio law, I just follow it. Citing code in Ohio is not considered part of a home inspection.
You can cite all the codes that you please except electrical codes.
Again I don’t make the rules - I just obey them…
All the above. That is (in Ohio) fair game for a home inspector AND should be called out.
IMHO (in Ohio) a home inspector is allowed by law to comment on the readily accessible components without violating RC 3783.
Performing an ‘electrical inspection’ is not allowed - performing a home inspection and reporting on a visible ‘defect’ is allowed.
The trick is to make sure that when you report on it that it is a defect in addition to being a code violation. All I am saying is be careful.
How does an HI define a defect vs a code issue?
That’s a great question. I offered to help the OHIB on this.
Here is how Ohio explained it: https://activerain.com/blogsview/281117/ohio-electrical-inspection-rules
“indicating the state of function, operation or relative hazards,”