I can't figure out how to edit with Tapatalk but, Wilbur would make a great sales pig!Eddie, you should be a distributor, I need someone in that part of the state and it'd be a little extra scratch for you.
That is kind of my feeling with the recent editions of the code too. The old saying was that the code was "written in the blood of those who have gone before you." And I get it. Breakers, grounding, GFIs, box fill, wiring practices, Ampacity, etc. on and on... They all make good sense. And then they ran out of common sense. For example there used to be GFI exceptions for garage door opener outlets on the ceiling and those for freezers in unfinished basements. Both were very logical as they were based on the "inaccessible" criterion, thus very unlikely to be a ground fault problem for people. Loss of common sense. We have a similar external switch requirement in WI that I ran into during my build. All utilities come into the shop first, as it was built first (and made more sense from an access standpoint). Meter has 2 sets of lugs, so I was going to use one for the shop feeder and one for the house feeder. NOPE! Since the house is fed from "another building" (even though the service is still outside, like normal), I needed to add a disconnect on the shop between the meter and house. Waste of time and energy. And money. I pointed out chapter and verse in the NEC saying this was not required. He didn't even know the answer so he had to hit up the state specialist for the real answer: WI addition to the NEC. They hate when you ask the very logical "Why?" question on nonsense rules.
Bingo on the first part, and the second part is exactly the way it should be done!
I've always said it's the last 10% of the job that takes 90% of the time. All the stupid little finish work. I'd much rather frame a dry in a building than do the finish carpentry, drywall, paint, etc. I like to see big, visible progress. Fortunately, my wife enjoys the finish work and is very good at it.Lookin good!!!!! You've got the hard physical labor part done. Now it's all the time consuming little things that will transform it from a building to a shop!!!! Thanks for the update!!!!
