George that was sly. [Linked Image] I was doing as Russ said and just thinking along the lines of (Third Party). I should have included your second sentence when I quoted you
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There are several instances where the code ask for something to be listed
The reality is that there are items that are not "asked for" to be listed in the NEC, but are required to be listed.

I just have a problem when inspectors become robots to the word "listed". I have wondered many times (and have said this same thing on forums before) when the knowledge, experience, and education of an inspector took a back seat to a testing agency. With the writen word of the NFPA documents and standards, applicable building codes, along with the above mentioned knowledge, experience, and education, I wouldn't think approving an item should be all that scary to an inspector.

Roger



[This message has been edited by Roger (edited 12-24-2004).]