You can't say the AHJ is wrong for allowing it. You do still have to (and are allowed to) exercise judgement.
I will be very surprised if many of us have met the AHJ.
The person we run into on the job is typically just an inspector.
The AHJ is the person or more likely the office that is charged with adopting the NEC.
Many times inspectors lead us to believe they are the AHJ when in reality they are not.
What happens if there is a fire?
Is the person that claimed to be the AHJ and let this slide going to remember that when asked?
This is an
NEC forum, we are not going to recommend ignoring, violating or selective enforcement of the NEC.
