The rules for what you can do electrically without a licensed
electrician vary wildly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Every city,
town, county, and state has different permitting regulations.
In general, a homeowner can go down to the local municipality and get an
electrical permit to perform (most) electrical work for a single-family
residence that he owns. You can't typically do this for a commercial
property or a multi-family property, however. They typically restrict
you from installing a replacement electrical panel. The procedures for
doing this and the specifics vary enormously.
The requirements can go from:
"Here's your electrical permit. Let us know when you want us to
inspect your new electrical service and whatever else you have done.
Feel free to ask us questions."
to: "Take this _insanely_ complicated written test. (i.e. 'Is a grounded
bushing required on service entrance equipment when there is a
concentric knockout on the meter enclosure?') If you somehow manage to
pass this test, show us your detailed blueprints and we might issue you
a permit, eventually."
to: "Absolutely not. You MUST hire a licensed master electrician to
replace that damaged receptacle."
Basically, it all depends on how heavily the trades have lobbied
the local politicians.
Bill D.
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