Originally Posted By: waksell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
An electrition told me you can’t put more than one neutral wire per lug on bus bar because if you are servicing a neutral wire you will be interupting the neutral for another circut. All the houses in my nieghborhood have this. Should this be reported as a double tap?
Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
dspencer wrote:
Local code books are cheap get one from your building code office.
In Florida there are NO local codes. It is the NEC, as written by NFPA. We got tired of 67 counties and hundreds of cities making up rules as they went along.
Originally Posted By: jmyers This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
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Still what I follow (Our State building inspectors allow this) I never argue the local codes.
Maybe it is time to tell this fellow that those sparkies can purchase and install more grounding/neutral bars when they do run out. 
Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Inspectors do have a problem “intrepreting” codes in a creative way but Sarasota is still on the Florida Unified Building code and that is the 2002 NEC.
Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
The code book is only the language of the law, the intent is better found in the ROP but that is not enforceable. When I was inspecting I always tried to identify the hazard. There is always a hazard behind a rule. If you effectively deal with that you have met the intent of the code.
Some building departments will dissagree with that concept but their inspectors are doing 30-40 a day so they don’t have time to really think about their decisions.
It is the main reason why I don’t inspect for a muni.