I've already done the work that he asked for that didn't require buying any new materials. Securing cables in general, my understanding has been that the flexible tabs in the blue boxes and holes in joists count as points the cable is secured and he went with that on the first permit. This time he wanted everything stapled.
Beyond code was the service mast bracing he required the first time through. He looked at it and made no objection.
The service entrance is on the wall of a 11x11 additon where there is a window in the middle of the wall on which the meter is mounted. It needs to be near the corner to get the 36" distance to the window, so it comes through close to the corner. On the inside of the house, the adjacent wall has a cabinet hanging on it, so the service panel is not a straight shot through the wall to the meter socket. He wants a straight shot.
To achieve this, I need to move the panel left 9" and up 6". I have most of my circuits coming in from above so no problem with those, but the garage feeder comes in from the right and below. The first inspection I had to put the feeder cables in conduit, but I was able to do so with the existing length by moving the breaker to the lowest breaker position. I don't have enough cable for the panel move, so I need to do a splice in my j-box.
By the way, the first permit I had, he objected to surface mounted schedule 40 due to needing protection from physical damage. This was on a run that was behind a hard mounted utility sink.
This time I have surface mounted schedule 40 in the garage. No objection. On one hand a lack of consistency. On the other hand, I'm keeping my mouth shut because I'm between jobs and I'm pinching pennies to try to get this inspection done rather than having spent $1400 for nothing because I can't afford the $20 extra it'd cost to run EMT instead of PVC.
