Question for electricians

[Delphinus]

Ugh, I was afraid of this. Steve, did you find the info online somewhere about the 12 gage in Calgary? If so can you point me to the URL. I did some google searches at the time I posted this question but didn't find much. I looked up at Chapters for code books but they all look like national things not regional things and .. well they're all in the $120 and up price category to boot.

I might just have to do as you say, pay city hall a visit and go from there.

Sigh ... this will be the 3rd or 4th time I've ripped the electrical boxes out of the framing. The first few times were more just vanity, I didn't like how I did them in the end. Now I finally have a setup I like and it only now occurs to me that what I was doing might be stretching it.

I think not inspecting it is not an option for the tank room. The basement was never developed when I moved in and had no power down there except for the pullstring lights so I had a buddy (who was apprentencing at the time) do two temporary circuits for the tanks. I just took those temporary circuits out, 4.5 years later. I found something really disturbing when I took them out:

.. ok never mind I can't seem to find a #@$#@$#!!! USB cable anywhere in the house. Why can't digital camera's be wireless ?! There's easily 4 or 5 of them but not a one to be found. So I can't take a picture of my GFCI at the moment. Anyhow, one of my GFCI receptacles had melted, the white wire was fused in place and the insulation of the wire itself had charred black. This is was servicing my tank until Wednesday !!! I have no idea how long it had been like that. But, clearly, not good. So I definitely need things to be done right this time and I was thinking that, yeah, just for preventing things like that, I should get the permit and the inspection done.

BTW I hate the way the word "Gauge" is spelled. I totally agree it should be spelled Gage. "Gauge" looks like it should be pronounced "gog".

Man I wish I could just pay someone to take over this tank build. Financially it's just not an option. I guess it's, um, "interesting" to learn all this new stuff and it's a challenge and blah blah blah it will all work out in the end blah blah blah personal growth grumble grumble comfort zone blah blah challenge yackity yack yay.