Ladies and Gentlemen, As a *Recovering Regulator* and a person who contacted my insurance company when I was contemplating finishing my basement, let me share a couple thoughts/experiences.
A couple of years ago I called my home owners insurance company, USAA, and told the nice young lady who answered the phone that I thought building permit fees were just another tax and asked her if it would be acceptable to the insurance company if I hired contractors for the electrical, plumbing, heating, etc. work and specified in the contracts that all work would be performed to currant code. Her response was that they really did not care what I did unless there was a catastrophe. In which case if the cause of the catastrophe was traced to uninspected work, I was not insured. Not sure if this is still the case, but a few years ago the Trustees of the Town of Deertrail, Colorado put in place a system where a person could bring a description or sketch of proposed work written on anything, including a bar napkin from the VFW hall, to the Town Clerks office and be issued a building permit. For a fee of $2.00 you could have the work inspected by the Mayor/Building inspector when he was in town, since he was a long haul trucker he was frequently on the road but would do the inspection when he got back. Since most jurisdictions are more formal than Deertrail, I would recommend talking with the people in your local jurisdiction to learn the local requirements. Or as my Business Law professor said, "The expensive professional advice is always cheaper than fixing the problem(s) we create by not knowing the rules and regulations." Lee N0RRL On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT < kx...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > Code generally says 12 amps max on a 15 amp circuit. > > On 7/10/2018 11:42 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > >> Think about what you normally plug into a 120 volt 15 amp receptacle - >> does it always draw 15 amps? Certainly a hair dryer might, but your >> cellphone charger does not. >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to ldormis...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
