"The information and data within the discussions here is being correlated and intent is to forward same to those within the code adoption offices of the state."

My point exactly. The subject has a duty to tell the Emperor when he has no clothes.

There's a section in the NEC that addresses those illuminated clothes rods. Care to guess who made the proposal? Whose reasoning was published in "Analysis?" Whose proposal was rejected, revived, rejected, accepted, deleted, then magically showed up in the NEC?

I cite that example, not to brag, but to illustrate even a nobody apprentice from the 'biggest little city' can make a difference with the NEC.

As we validate Mr. Engle's arguments, it will become ever harder for the code panel to maintain its' position. There is also no statuatory requirement that any AHJ adopt any part of the NEC- a fine point many AHJ's have forgotten.

Only in the past few code cycles has there been such a hysterical campaign by the NFPA, the IAEI, and others to urge AHJ's to accept the NEC complete, without local ammendments, in it's latest version. This campaign will face a much harder 'sell' if the AFCI is discredited, and they attempt to preserve it.

You, and others, may believe that they 'have to enforce,' but that does not mean they cannot work within the system to correct it.

Personally, I believe such folks have a greater duty than the ordinary citizen to do so.