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Default Electrical Meter on Street Light Pole

John McGaw wrote:

wrote:
Every house has an electrical meter. So why did the electric company
install one on a light pole?


Most of the time I see them they are monitoring the power consumed by cable
television distribution equipment.


CATV power supplies, or sometimes feeding traffic signal controls,
possibly sewer pumping stations.