If it's so great in Mexico, why do millions of Mexicans try to cross the border every year. We have a code because we DON'T want to be like Mexico.
Until most electricians wise up, or better yet, states require a license to do electrical work, electricians will not make a quarter in the business. All the smart land owners, developers, architects, and GCs beat them down because they allow themselves to be beat down.---I'll do it for $100 less, I'll do it for $200 less....etc.
I'm a relatively young guy and I have seen hundreds of electrical companies come and go. Have you ever heard a doctor say I'll operate on you for 10,000 less? Or a lawyer say I'll work for 25 an hour less than the other guy?
Or for that matter a doctor say I'll tell you whats wrong with you for free and then give you a price to fix it?
Is being an electrician so simple that individual licensing should not be required? If it is then I am the slowest person in the world because I've been in the trade for 17+ years and am just starting to feel like I have learned enough to know I'll never learn it all.
The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. I think electricians are destined to be in the latter group unless something changes.
The NEC is put together by a lot a people and is probably the best form of true democracy you'll find in any document any where in the world.
Perfect? No. Ever? Doubt it. The best code/law ever written? I think so.
Just imagine if our laws could be changed without the red tape it takes to change them with every ordinary average Joe having a say so or the ability to submit revisions. Big business may have less impact on the small guy.
These are the things our forefathers fought for. To prevent the few ruling elite and assure freedom for all.
I think the NEC is great.
God bless the USA!!!
