Joe,

The third party inspectors are hired by the homeowner or electrical contractor. Since there is virtually no requirement for inspection, they usually inspect in small towns and rural areas in the Allegheney service area.

I guess since they are all "for profit" organizations, they are in competition with eachother.

I would hope that most of them enforce the rules the same way, without trying to make new code. But, being individuals, each has his own axe to grind (mine is making sure the grounding system is correctly installed).

Unfortunately, some of the inspectors are more interested in the fee than the total compliance of the installation., but that is another story.

Tom

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.