The chap who inspected my last house when I re-wired it, noticed that I had not installed a gasket where the overhead service stack (scepter aka plastic conduit) connected to the meter box, provided the required cork gasket and showed me how to instal it without pulling the wire out - just unbolt the flange, break the gasket on one side and slide it into place. Later he noted that I had grounded the copper drain from the kitchen sink and commented that this was not required by code but was such a good idea that he intended to do the same in his own home so I paid him back for the gasket with the proper ground clamp salvaged from work. I never had any problem with inspectors even though they always knew that I was not licensed, but had been working at the trade part time since 1948. The city building inspector, on the other hand, just about blew a fuse when he discovered my lack of license,however, the house had been passed and the service connected. His only recouse was to tell me not to wire any more houses in his territory, so we built the next house in a neighbouring village. His main concern was that he wanted to sell me a city business licence and couldn't do it without a journeyman ticket. Gerry :-)} London, Canada