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Massholes, LV permits?

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Does anybody have a definitive answer on permitting for low voltage work. Some towns say yes, some say no. It's a statewide code and licensing so somebody is wrong.

I failed a final inspection today because there was no permit for the low voltage wiring. Small scale home theater. Of course I had nothing to do with this wiring. :rolleyes:
 
Discussion starter · #15 ·
So I went to the building dept. and of course the inspector had just left for vacation. The woman in the office told me I need an AV permit for the AV wiring. Is a license required I ask. Yes she says. But they don't enforce that as long as you have insurance. :001_huh: So whoever did the av wiring has to get a permit. Ok, that's fine. I said I did not do this wiring, (Which the inspector was told on site by the GC who actually installed the wiring) I have no involvement with it, and my work was permitted properly and is complete so why did he not sign off?? "He said there are exposed wires" she tells me. Which is true. There are speaker wires that aren't connected to anything but again, not my wiring. "Take it up with the inspector" was how she left it.


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