It’s wild how much those little details can trip you up, right? I’ve had similar run-ins with inspectors—one flagged me for a missing anti-short bushing on MC cable, which I’d honestly never seen enforced before. Next time, the same city sent someone else who didn’t even mention it but got hung up on the height of my subpanel. It does make you second-guess what’s “important” sometimes.
When you’re running power to a detached garage, do you ever find yourself debating whether to go overhead or underground? I always lean toward underground for aesthetics and safety, but man, trenching is a pain—especially if you hit roots or rocks. Curious if anyone’s found a way to streamline that part, or if it’s just one of those “embrace the mess” jobs. Does code in your area make one option easier than the other, or is it just inspector preference again?
