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Permit Requirements
WHEN IS A PERMIT REQUIRED?
A Permit Is Required to:
- Run any conduit
- Add new wiring
- Install, move or add an outlet
Rather than try to describe what electrical work needs a permit, it is easier to describe what work can be done without a permit.
A Permit is NOT Required to:
- Change a switch to a dimmer.
- To install a new fixture in place of an old one.
- Changing a switch to a dimmer.
- Install a new fixture in place of an old one.
- Install track in a residence, but not in a commercial-occupancy building.
- Change a bad switch or plug.
- Troubleshoot and fix a problem if it does not involve new wiring.
- Repair or replace heaters or fans.
- Plug in most any appliance or tool.
- Ground a box or boxes.
- Change a fuse or light bulb.
- Fix a flickrer or intermittent problem.
Here is some of the technical language from the code book.
WORK EXEMPT FROM PERMITS - S.F. Code Section #089.18 of 1998 issue.
(a) Repair or replacement of an electrical lighting fixture weighing 50 pounds or less where no change to the existing wiring is required. (b) Replacement of fuses, receptacles, controls, motors, of less than 2 hp, and switches and receptacles of not more than 20 amperes rating where no change in existing wiring involved. (c) Circuit breakers with some exceptions. (d)Temporary theater stages and motion picture and TV studio sets. (e) Replacement of parts from signs and gas-tube lighting system of the same size and rating.
How is a City Inspection good for you?
You will know you have a safe house if your wiring has been properly inspected by an expert electrical contractor.
(C) John A. Peters 2008
