Protection racket. They guys doing the installs now would make much less money if just anyone with some tools could start competing with them.
replyUnless your state is very unusual that is the requirement for installing them for other people as a tradesman. In most states if you are DIY for yourself all you legally need are the electrical permits for the wiring hookup (which for DIY don't require that "apprenticeship").
replyYou also need an EPA 608 Type 2 license, though minisplits have been skirting around that for some time.
replyEasy to test for, though I'm not sure if you can do it for free like skillcat used to offer.
Thankfully, the training is only required if you're doing the installs for/as a business.
replyI think in pretty much every state releasing the refrigerant 'requires' a license (if it's not a DIY model).
replyAnd in my state, I copy pasted what was required for a 'residential' HVAC license (idk if you meant commercial HVAC or just making money on installs).
Not Montana apparently. They don't even have an HVAC contractor license anymore that I can find.
replyWhat will they do if they learn you installed your minisplit yourself?
replyNothing because the political optics of doing anything are bad ad the last thing they want is to create a victim that causes people to ask the question why the rules are even written how they are.
replyEnvironmental law is the same way. You're mostly (details depend on jurisdiction) not supposed to pave anything without getting permission but if they pushed the issue on everyone who put a pad under their car port the rules would get changed.
They also don't 100% enforce the speed limit either.
There are people on here who live in this fantasy world where all house work is permitted and performed by licensed tradespeople which is... counterfactual.
replySee the Brazil movie :)
replyIdk for Americas, but here in rural EU no one would give a fuck. Some will ask for help.
Nothing assumes no issues. If it catches/causes a fire, good luck with insurance
replyThis kind of thing is right up there with calling dig safe before a project that will be exclusively hand excavated. At some point you're basically just paying to circle jerk it with the other boot lickers in the office or at the cocktail party over how much you paid for no reason just because the rules that will never be enforced say you ought to.
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