Sparkyak:
"The point of hiring a professional is to deal with an issue."
IMHO, the discussion regarding the "Home Inspectors" falls into a scenario like this:
Here in NJ: Most (if no all) of the HI reports that I have seen consist of many pages of comments, and observations from roof condition to the dripping basement faucet. There is a 'disclaimer' that alludes that a Licensed Electrical Contractor' be consulted/retained to perform a thorough electrical system inspection.
The 'report' regarding the electrical from the average HI is something like..."dangerous FPE panel must be replaced"; "no receptacle outlet at xxx"; "non-operative GFI recept at xxx", "kitchen recepts not spaced to NEC", etc.
