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He got the hint and suggested that maybe it would be better if I did
it since I had designed the system.

Sure sounds like the project manager was the only idiot
in that scenario.

This thread has gone as expected.
A former electrical inspector (Greg) got paid by the
government to nag Joe Blow about an extra inch of wire in
a wall switch box.
It was all good. Put money in Greg's pocket, and the
"public" was kept safe. Very good.
Times and circumstances have changed.
Greg isn't a government paid inspector now.
He's Joe Blow.

Now the former nagging inspector wants Joe Blow to be
empowered to tie his personal solar power producing
system into the public electrical grid - with no
oversight at all. Says it's just a plug in a wall.
The former code-nagger says Joe Blow is really another
Thomas Edison, and should be allowed to freely "innovate"
on the public electrical grid, for the advancement of
civilization. Solar power is just "plugs." That's all.
Add some misrepresention of "plug-n-play" solar power,
and misrepresention of solar tax credit policy.
Add some disparagement of "higher" education.
What do you get from the denizens of rec.boat?
Anti-union rants.
Yep, it's insane, but there it is.

The icing on the cake is that Florida is a "right to
work" state.
No need for unionized tradesmen to get a job done.
So really, what's going on here is simple rank hypocrisy.

Greg wants to be Mr DIY to save bucks for himself.
To hell with codes he formerly got paid to enforce, to
hell with licensing, to hell with safety.
Just slap them solar puppies on the roof, and tie the
power to the public grid. Hell, it's just plugs and some
wires, right?
We don't need no damn worries about hurricanes blowing
solar panels all over the place, or power company linemen
getting zapped, or my handiwork bringing down power for
miles around.
Oh yes, one other thing.
I want the government to pay me too, like they paid me
for my clunker.
That pretty much covers it.
Carry on.