On May 12, 7:44*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On May 11, 7:18*pm, "MIB" wrote:



"jamesgangnc" wrote in message

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You clearly don't know what you are talking about. *Home service
meters do not have a disconnect.

Really? *Mine does. *It is called a "Meter Main", moron.

Here is a two for one picture, you completely ignorant ****:

http://www.cdc.gov/NCEH/publications...hics/chapter_1...

Notice the breaker on the right. *There are many different types of "Meter
Mains", and this
is an example of only one style.

Notice the blue "seal" on the meter. *Yes, that flat piece of plastic with a
hard, wire loop
going through the meter socket retainer ring? *Gee, there is absolutely zero
chance of
figuring out how to clip that bugger so that it may be taken off and put back
on, is there?
Hell, some are even clear and are much easier to figure out.

*Seals are not "reusable".

I never stated that they were. *I only stated that some may be clipped in a
certain
fashion to give the obvious appearance of not being tampered with.

You are
presumptuous to advice the OP he's not capable of handling this task
and then go one to give misinformed information.

You are a retard that doesn't know squat about electrical systems, residential,
*or not. *Furthermore, your reading and comprehension skills are even worse.
*How is that for presumptuousness? *I clarified my remarks to him. *Is there a
specific need that caused you to add your useless two cents, or are you truly a
useless twit?

Line from the poco is wired to the meter. *Line from the meter goes
into the main service panel. *That's the set up on 99% of residential
installs. *If you have to replace the *whole panel you need to kill
power to it. *The way you do is pull the meter. *Obviously the guy
didn't have a second panel between meter and the panel he was
replacing or he wouldn't have been here asking advice, would he? *And
the poco won't have an issue with him calling for a replacement seal.
Happens all the time because it's the only way to cut power to the
main panel.


UMM... No, removing the meter from the socket is NOT the only
way to kill the power... Doing it that way requires doing your
project
according to when the power company is willing to have technicians
come out to pull it and what time period that same day they would
have people available during business hours to restore your service
by putting the meter back in...

Licensed electricians will kill power to replace a power panel by
undoing the connections from the service drop wire coming from the
utility pole to the wires going into the service weather head...

If there is no connection there the electrician can cut the wires
at that point and reconnect when the work is done using metal
butt splice connectors with set screws to remake the circuit...
The connectors are then wrapped with many layers of electrical
tape (the good expensive stuff with a high dielectric rating like
Scotch brand) and your power is restored...

~~ Evan