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Bill Gill
 
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Default Electric drop insulation

In 2001 I had my service upgraded to 200 amp service.
That included a complete new breaker box, meter can and
weather head. This afternoon I noticed that the outer
coating on the wires going into the weather head is
stripping off. This is between the weather head and the
place where the feed is spliced to the electrical
companies drop. The distance is less than 2 feet.

There is still a pretty good layer of insulation on the
wires, what is peeling is only the top layer. It is a
few mils thick.

Is this liable to be a problem? Obviously I don't want
to have to have an electrician rewire it if I don't have
to, but at the same time I don't want to have a safety
problem

Thanks

Bill Gill