On Jun 7, 11:01?pm, mm wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:42:57 -0700, Howard
wrote:

Don't discount those plastic meter seals too fast. My utility used

I was only saying that for the benefit of the OP, who might not notice
tampering when he was looking around.

But even though I said Don't Ask Me, I'll tell you how I know that.
It was only because I had my electricity disconnected for non-payment
(had the money, just didn't have the energy) and after I had actually
paid the bill, in Baltimore one has to be home when the guy comes to
reconnect. Or it was the end of the day and I wasn't sure he was
returning. So U took off the tag and reconnected it myself. I was
depressed and reckless.

He did come back that evening, maybe around 6, and I told him someone
else had been there and reconnected it, but something he said led me
to conclude he was the only with that job in my area, and he knew no
one from the electric co. had been there.

them for years. We also paid the meter readers a bounty for each
broken seal they found. That's why they tugged just about every
plastic seal each time they read the meter. Each broken seal was

If he had wanted to, what would they have done to me? I didn't steal
any electricity, just took off the plastic shields.

What he actually did was put a good tag on and leave. I'm sure he
knew why my power was out, and gradually I realized he knew what I had
done.



around here tampering with utlity shut off for non payment is crininal
offense. they can take you to court, fine and threaten jail time.

just imagine your name in the paper. once that meter is unsealed its
really easy to steal power.

but i have pulled meters a few times so i could safely work in
breaker / fuse boxes.

i called the next day telling them what i did, the first time a fuse
broke apart in the box, like a light bulb where the glass seperates
from the base.

they thanked me for calling and said no problem.....

after that i felt confident to do it again, not to steal power but do
necessary repairs.

DONT do this unless you really know what your doing. it can be
dangerous