In article 1108220327.a3176bdeaa77a43ddf6799eb8958adf8@teran ews, "William Deans" wrote:
Greetings,

I think the inspector probably should have said five but said six instead
because he made a mistake or was unsure of the distance. I don't believe he
was giving me an extra foot to be nice or that local code allows for the
extra foot.

I doubt very much that the inspector was unsure of the distance, or made a
mistake -- and you have no basis for supposing that the local code doesn't
allow for the extra foot. As I pointed out in another post, it's very
possible, perhaps likely, that the governing ordinance in your jurisdiction is
an older version of the NEC in which the requirement *is* 6 feet.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?