I was a code nazi, back when i was learning with a few of the 80's code cycles. In fact i could recite many codes verbatim. My bro (who i started out apprenticed to) said i sounded like Joe Friday of Dragnet fame, the rest of the world looked at me like i was speaking greek.

I'd say it all nice to know in a pro forum such as this or similar setting, but way down the list on the scale of 'how to make friends & influence people' social etiquette....

These days, as a cynical old curmudgeon electrical contractor i find folks simply want to know if it's safe

But that's only a yes or no answer for the simple minded, if we're really honest,'safe' is a relative term.

So i'm often confronted by situations here, in Vermont where there is no OC or any sort of inspection for single family. In fact there are entire families living in what many would probably think twice about for a dog house

Conversely, the entire NFPA library isn't some safety utopia if it doesn't have a prayer being enforced.
I'd wager compliance becomes inversely proportonal to it's growth , if such a study existed....

Personally, i find it rather uncomfortable having to address some safety benchmark for people's existence.

This validates the 'state', and the sovereign immunity it grants itself , essentially removing us from the malestrom of moral conundrum

~S~

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