HELP I think I have an electrical issue??

I am putting this in layman terms.

LOL, not for my benifit I hope?

I called my inspector today and asked him why I had to change the pastic boxes to metal on the IG outlets on a job he inspected for me 2 months ago. I am putting this in layman terms. If there is any METAL on an outlet not used for powering the outlet it must be grounded no exceptions.
He also said if I could find an outlet without metal tabs for mounting then the way I had it would have been fine.
03-30-09: Hevac1

AHJ.... He has the final say.... Did you ask the inspector if he would approve a bonding strap, wire, from the yoke of the recept to the grounding conductor?
Curiosity killed the cat... You are an electrician, why were you using an IG recept on a non metallic raceway installation?

As far as NEC 2008 406.2 (2) if a non conductive cover plate is used it is ok to use the IG recept.
We don't know what the AHJ would have to say where Tmesselt lives.

Curious where did you read in Tmesselt's responses where he said his hospital grade recepts were IG?

Layman terms was not for your benifit but for others.

I asked before and was told Metal box only allowed.

Too much metal for a home too afford. BX not allowed.

Differant state rules.

I asumed it was IG.

Will email to explain further.

How old is your house and the develepment. Most new house the gas and electrical are plastic not metal. The piping to your house could be plastic also so grounding to them will do nothing. In that case the electrician puts 2 rods in the ground 6 feet from each other for house ground.

My house was built in the 20s, although I just had gas service ran to my house last fall and that is when the furnace was installed as well. The gas lines are metal in my house.

Also last fall when I moved into the house the ground was actually not grounded to anything. So I had an electrician come to reground the house. 2 were ran, 1 to the water main and the other he ran a ground rod in the ground.

Tmesselt,
By chance do you have a gas fired cloths dryer?
If so have your wife start the dryer while you listen for for any ignitor clicking noise sound from your speakers.

I do have a gas dryer, I will try this tonight!

So based on all of the suggestions I have a starting point to begin to hopefully isolate where my issue is coming from. So on another note though, I am using 12/2 NM-B romex and so with this wire I can not correctly run an isolated ground?? If so, what is a good receptacle that I can use in place of my hospital grade outlets with isolate ground, (note: these are no longer in my system) I heard suggestions of a Hubbel above but I think that had an IG??

Thanks again for all of the feedback!!
Tim

... ,I am using 12/2 NM-B romex and so with this wire I can not correctly run an isolated ground??

Tim, what is your understanding of an isolated ground?

(note: these are no longer in my system) I heard suggestions of a Hubbel above but I think that had an IG??

If the face of the hospital grade receptacle is orange in colour or has a orange colour triangle on the face then yes it is an IG recept. Don't confuse a red face with a orange face. But a recept with a red face that has a orange triangle on the face is an IG recept.
Albert Porter's Porter ports are not IG recepts..... But they are hospital grade receptacles.

So I have just spoken with the company that put my furnace in. He has pretty much told me that it is RF noise and that the furnace is hooked up correctly or else the computer would not let it start. That included the fact that I asked him about not being grounded correctly, and the neutral and hot wires being crossed, etc....
He basically said to me that there was pretty much no way that the furnace wasn't hooked up correctly assuring me that what they did was done correctly.

Then he said I should put a rf noise filter on my amps!!
So obviously I am not wanting to do this, but he also said that it is possible to maybe put a rf noise filter in line with the circuit to the furnace.