Please help me understand how this works.
As the responsible person/user for the elctrical installation on my property, I get a registered electrical contractor who has a registered IE or MIE who are both required by law to be "approved" by the DOL that they are competent to design, over see or install, test and issue a COC/test report (which I assume is a legal and binding document) indicating that installation is reasonably safe, to install a solar installation on my property.
The electrical contractor comes highly recommended on social media, I pay full price (between R200 and 250 000.00), so its not like I got a green card, backyard or cardboard installer to do the job.
Being the responsible person, I would assume that I have taken reasonable steps to ensure I get a reasonably safe installation, right ?
6 months later I require a few additional electrical points installed on the property, I get another registered elctrical contractor to add a few plug points.
This electrical contractor, requests a copy of the initial COC prior to starting the project, so that they can confirm the electrical installation is reasonably safe for their staff to work on site.
Once their work is complete, they will add the initial COC number to their supplementary COC.
However it turns out it is not that simple, the electrical contractor who is going to do the additions, Identifies that the initial COC is not valid.
Who do you call?
This is where the fight starts.
DO I call the DOL ?
Do I have to pay the DOL to investigate the COC issued by the company/person they approved ?
Some say I must call the AIA because they have been appointed by the DOL to check non compliant installations.
Why would I have to pay the AIA which is a private company who I assume are not part of the DOL ?
As the responsible person I did the right thing, yet now I have to pay more money for an electrical installation which should have been done correctly the first time.
Surely the DOL should be responsible for the investigation into the installation done by the contractors they approved ? If they are found to have been negligent, they should open a case and charge the the contractor for issuing a document that I was told is suppose to be a legal document.
Lets go back to the purchase of my property, is the sale agreement not a legal document, which would have my COC (a legal document attached) attached, which is why it had to be done through an attorney ?
What am I missing?
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