It is a never-ending struggle. Our system is too diverse to allow anything else. At best we have 50 states passing 50 different laws, but, many states don't have any laws on building code, or allow each and every town to pass their own. Which amounts to hundreds of differing building code laws across our land. Compounding this further is the fact that each town or military base will hire their own inspector with his own biases and interpretations. No wonder the electrician is confused. Thank God we have the NFPA, and the NEC. It is our trades saving grace.
