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Harold, you have been around here long enough to know that some guys are pretty closed minded when it comes to doing things. Yes even inspectors. Wirenutt is in MA like me and I know for sure there is no rule that forbids the use of se for a service. I usually go with pvc but occasionaly I'll use se. Wirenutt, I'd like to know what towns don't "allow" se for services. Care to share?

Electricmanscott,

Yes you are right. How dumb of me. It just ticks me off when an AHJ goes above and beyond what the NEC requires. As for myself as an AHJ I try VERY hard not to do that. I try to go right by the book. I heard of a state inspector making an EC put Armaflex ( a type of pipe wrap) around a sprinkler pipe where the EC's MC wire was touching it. He reason was that if the MC touched the fire pipe it would create a redundant ground or something.