Since you have two inspectors, myself and Gfretwell telling you it's a design issue and the design professional has you working off his specs, I wonder why the Inspector isn't following the plans number 1 and number 2, why isn't he quoteing code page and verse. In Michigan - It isn't a code violation unless the inspector quotes page and verse and does so in writing. In your situation I guess I'd look for some kind of violation in writing. As for overloading the xformer after you leave we can't prevent that but it's kinda self policeing.
