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dpb

wrote:
The power wire going into my brother-in-laws house seems to be
deteriorated. The ...plastic sheath delaminated away to the point where you
can see the woven insulation underneath. I assume the wires inside
the woven insulation as also insulated.

Anyway, I assume that the plastic coating coming off the wire is a bad
bad thing and needs to be fixed. The problem area is between the
meter his hook-up to his breaker box in the house. Since he can't
shut off the power at the meter, is this something the power company
would be responsible to fix for free (even though it is on the house-
side of the meter?

A. Probably isn't that much of a big deal from the description. If
uncertain, have somebody who knows what they're looking at take a look.

B. No, from his side of the meter it's his, not the PC's, so the
nickel's his, too...

To replace would simply require pulling the meter to make the disconnect
and the new hookup.

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