thanks for all the help Scott,,, but as luck would have it i faild the test by 3 questions,, the bad thing is i know the general codes like the back of my hand but it was the calcs. that i did'nt know that well,, some of the questions on the test on calcs. were pretty intense (for me anyway)im a little bummed but now i can proceed with obtaining my electrical contractors card, which was the plan intill the inspector job came up,, again thanks for taking the time to help me out,,