Ideally, this is the way it should work. Unfortunately, in some
municipalities, not so much.
Bill D.
On 4/26/2025 6:13 AM, Jim Walls via EV wrote:
On Wed 04/23/2025 23:49, Bill Dube via EV wrote (in part):
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.
I'm in a smaller city in the Los Angeles county, Calif., suburbs.
When my solar was about to be installed (by a solar company), I
replaced my old 100A Zinsco main panel with a new 200A Siemens main
panel and added a 100A Siemens sub panel in my garage and completely
re-wired the garage. Of course I pulled a building permit from my
city, but I as the homeowner was allowed to do all the work without
any restrictions. A good friend of mine is a licensed electrician and
answered a few questions and made sure I was doing it right, and I
made several calls to the inspectors office to make sure I was doing
it they way they wanted it. Note that they were happy to take my
calls because "they would much rather that I do it right the first
time, then fail inspection and have to come back". I had to have one
inspection before the utility would energize the new panel (with a new
200A drop), and a final inspection after I was completed.
So yes, some locations are a pain in the backside, some make it pretty
easy.
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