Sparky,
You and I would be the type of contractors who would try and clean off any/all paint on the wires before installing devices. However some contractors might not so fussy. My question gets to be very particular, when I ask the question about the paint. A law suit might come about ( I doubt it though) but who is to say how much paint is too much? As John stated, I guess that only the manufacture of the device would be the person who would dertermine "How much paint, is too much" for his device.
