The traps that fail inspections
The Canadian Electrical Code sets the base set. The province and the local distribution company build on top of it — and in British Columbia, override it outright.
British Columbia. BC Hydro fixes its DG System Disconnect identifiers at black lettering on white, 3.5″ × 1″. The CEC base tags stay white-on-red. A B.C. kit therefore has to be cut on two different core stocks — send an all-red kit and the BC Hydro rows fail.
Adds the two-power-source set and the DG source disconnect. Hydro One (DP-12-003) wants a MicroDER disconnect tag and a derated-capacity plate; Toronto Hydro wants GENERATOR and LOAD meter plates white on black, 75 × 19 mm.
Colour trap. BC Hydro fixes the DG System Disconnect identifiers at black on white, 3.5″ × 1″. A red-and-white tag fails. The CEC base tags stay white-on-red, so a B.C. kit is cut on two different core stocks.
Ten labels — the largest provincial add-on in the catalogue. Adopted under the Electrical Inspection Act, so it is enforceable rather than advisory.
Twelve label types with verbatim wording, site-plan tags and a remote-disconnect locator. The only utility in Canada that names “engraved lamacoid” outright.
Eight labels, in French. Several are grommeted hang tags, black on white — lockout tags under CSA Z462 — not engraved plates at all.
Nine labels with NSPI’s own wording, which governs over the generic CEC text in NSPI territory. Now reads “DC CONDUCTORS MAY BE ENERGIZED”.
One interconnection plate each on top of the CEC base set.
Nothing additional in the catalogue. Confirm the provincial amendment and the LDC’s interconnection standard before calling a kit complete.