Originally Posted by
John K Jordan
I think one thing impresses inspectors is the wiring inside the breaker box. Everything neat and straight, wires from that same circuit bundled with tiny wire ties with 90-deg bends at the breakers and ground/common blocks instead of spaghetti wiring I often see done by “pros” in a hurry. For me it makes things easier to trace, understand at a glance, and work on later if needed. If that level of attention to detail is done in the panel perhaps they assume the same care is done everywhere.
JKJ
White I'm sure being neat is uber-effective with an inspector, I do it that way for my own sake! The wiring in the main panel of our new home is a nightmare including the old practice of not differentiating grounds and neutrals on their separate busses, even though they are bonded. That's going to make for major fun when we either add solar or a generator and the main panel becomes effectively a subpanel.
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