This electrician was hired by our home builder (McKay Vassaur Custom Builders) to do work on our newly constructed home in 2022 and was recently found guilty, fined, admitted his guilt, waived his right to a hearing, and paid the penalty to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) (we have the case number) for not completing the work to the current electrical code. The TDLR's determination was that in April of 2023, a Department Inspector completed an inspection of the electrical work at the jobsite...The breaker box failed to have twelve AFCI breakers as required by the 2020 National Electric Code (NEC) Section 210.12(A). Respondent, and/or Respondent's Representative acting on behalf of Respondent, evaded their responsibility to Complainant by failing to ensure all breakers that needed AFCI breakers were replaced, in violation of the Department's laws and/or rules. Instead of completing the work to the 2020 code, our builder called the county and instructed this electrician to use the 2017 code. This was not the current national electrical code at the time. When we found this out, the builder had to send this electrician back out to our home under our warranty to bring our home up to the current code.
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