Ed,
Most times the EC will usually do what the AHJ wants because it is not a big deal. It doesn't cost us much to move a receptacle over 1 foot. That is when the wall is open. Now once that wall gets closed up, gets tile or marble over it, now try to move that receptacle over 1 foot. Then it becomes a very big deal. The argument now opens up to, "Why wasn't it caught on the rough?" That would be the big question. Yet on "rough" inspections, a lot can happen between a rough and a final. Like different installers, the HO changes their mind, or gets a different appliance. So when the AHj comes back on the final, it might look "wrong" to the AHJ. Now what?
