On 3/21/2015 11:04 AM, TomR wrote:
A friend of mine bought a house and one of the things that the home
inspector noted was some wear or damage to the insulation on the
service entrance cable on the outside of the house that runs down to
the meter. She was buying the house as-is anyway, and at a
discounted price, so she didn't ask the sellers to do anything about
that before closing the deal. Now she is just trying to figure out
what, if anything, needs to or should be done regarding repairing or
replacing the service entrance cable.

I have not had a chance to look at it yet, but I will, so that I can
observe what the home inspector saw and maybe take a photo or two.
If the service entrance cable does need to be replaced, I do know of
an electrician that I can suggest to her to do the replacement.

But, my question is..., If the only issue is some minor cracking or
wear in the service entrance cable insulation, is there a way to just
repair the insulation? I assume that it is gray in color, so is
there some type of insulation repair product that can be applied that
is made for this type of situation -- possibly gray in color so it
doesn't look bad?

Thanks.



I had a faulty neutral originating outside my house and the local power
company found it in my buried service entrance cable, under my front
lawn. They dug down to it and repaired it at no cost to me. Different
locations and power companies have different laws controlling how much
of the distribution system is the responsibility of the power company
and how much belongs to the property owner. In my area, everything up
to and including the meter is the power company's responsibility. I'd
advise you to call the power company and determine who is responsible
for your service entrance cable. If you're lucky, repair/replacement
may be their responsibility, not yours. Certainly it's worth a free call.