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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
No. You need a permit to "install, alter or add to an electrical system". Changing switches and plugs, thermostats, light fixtures is not altering the "system". You don't need a permit to replace stuff that doesn't alter it's use...so light bulbs, thermostats, even new low voltage lighting etc are ok to replace without permits.
http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/pd/Documen...rmit-bylaw.pdf |
So by altering the current drawn by a circuit through changing a bulb isn't altering your system? Gonna need a citation where it says that in the code book. Like I said it's an overlooked rule but it's definitely a modification/alteration.