NJ liscensing

[longfellow]

I have recently started a low voltage landscape lighting business in New Jersey and there is a rumor floating around that you have to be a liscensed electrian to install low voltage lighting. I have searched for documentation to support this and have yet to find anything. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

[sitelights]

You may want to look at http://www.lvlia.com which now calls itself AOLP. This is not an endorsement or a recommendation; merely a link that has some information on the topic.

[Mike & Lucia]

Longfellow,
I can help clear up some of what you heard. Shoot me an email with your contact info. info@naturescapelighting.com

Mike

[Paul]

I am a director of the AOLP (secretary) and we are trying to be involved in the NJ situation as well as Florida, Maine, Rhode Island and other states that already have laws on the books regarding the licensing for low voltage lighting or are considering such legislation. Our biggest problem right now is numbers. We don't have enough members to be taken very seriously. Unfortunately, contractors only want to know "what are the benefits that I get for my membership" instead of looking at the big picture. Health insurance, car rentals and other benefits won't matter at all if your state has a law that says you can't work. If we increase our membership and let the states know that we are serious about policing our industry, we can make a difference. We have a very good certification exam that we can and will offer to these states if they must have a license. This exam actually covers the design, installation and service of low voltage landscape lighting alike what is currently being used by these states. It's time that contractors start looking at these issues seriously. Check into the AOLP. We can make a difference if we can get the help of you contractors out there. You all know the John F. Kennedy speech, so don't ask what the AOLP can give you, ask how you can help the AOLP help you.

I will be happy to answer any and all questions that you may have in this regard.

[Eden Lights]

If you talk with your local codes department and with your homeowners insurance agent you find out that in almost every install an in every state a permit would be required to meet proper requirements. Now with that being said that process of permit and inspection is very different depending on where you operate.