alt.engineering.electrical

On 13 Feb 2008 05:27:45 GMT, phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote:

>Not always. The term "AHJ" isn't just an individual; it includes all the
>local rules and legislations that adopt and possibly modify the NEC.


The reason the term is so ambiguous is because all "jursidictions" are
not created equal. If you were talking about the city of Chicago or
New York there will be a whole bureaucracy built up around the
building process that probably includes the city legislature or at
least a committee of that body. When you are talking about a small
town the AHJ really might be one guy ... who also does most if not all
of the inspections.
When you get out in the boonies they might not even have residential
inspections and permits.