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Default Residential service entrance power drop repair?
In article .net, wrote:
The weatherhead was yanked off the service entrance conduit extending from
the roof by a fallen branch. The ground / neutral conductor of the power drop
broke a few strands, and the strain relief / insulator for the ground /
neutral cable is broken.

I'm going to do this myself. I called the power company to ask about how the
disconnect/reconnect happens during the repair. The guy tried to answer my
question but ultimately didn't.

I would want to search more. Normally here, the electrician connects
up the main wires, live, I guess, or at least thats how the guy installed
a new service at my old home. Disconnectiong the meter does
nothing for the stuff in front of the meter. If you dn't do this for a living, I would stay away.
By the way, a new service cost me about $1000.

greg
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