On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:33:57 -0400, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote:


"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
...
Not sure how it works in the OP's area, but no home inspector that I've
seen is going to remove the cover to the breaker panel and/or a recep
cover plate. All they can do is plug in a tester and make sure that all
the right lights light up.



About 7 years ago I bought a house and the inspector took off the breaker
panel cover to check the wiring. I watched him do it and then he went
around with the plug in tester .
I did not have to have the house inspected, but I thought it was a good
idea. I was not worried about the small things he found, but needed to see
if anything major need work.
This was in the middle of North Carolina.

Yes, the house we just bought (actually, closing is next week) is in very good
shape but it's a foreclosure (Fannie owned) and it wasn't a major decision to
spend $350 for someone to spend a few hours looking for things I missed in
the, maybe 1/2 hour I'd spent looking at the house. He did find a few things
that I'll want to take care of quickly but nothing major. He did find that
the water heater was burned out. The morons who Fannie hired to winterize the
house didn't turn it off before draining it - poof!. We got her to fix that
problem, since they caused it.