Electric Meter Tag Colors - Electrician Talk
Oct 30, 2025 · After Extensive research, I have compiled the following criteria for electric meter seal colors and their meanings below. A lot of contacts have provided this information, as well as emails …
Grounding at the meter instead of the main panel? - Electrician Talk
Dec 4, 2022 · The neutral conductor between the meter and the panel is allowed to bond the various grounding electrodes together. The NEC allows for any grounding electrode to be connected to the …
meter box rusted outside - Electrician Talk
Oct 31, 2021 · I've seen this a few times. The inside of the boxes are generally OK, but old. In this case it's not under a downspout, no sign of gutter leakage etc (not now anyway). The cable seems in …
Mounting a meter base to a metal building - Electrician Talk
Jan 10, 2023 · Usually I'm a residential repair electrician so I don't do a lot of work on metal buildings. A customer is building a wood working shop that will be a separate service from his house. What are …
Dual lug meter base question - Electrician Talk
Nov 20, 2019 · I have a client with a 100 amp panel and they want to add a 100 amp sub panel to their garage. Instead of changing their main panel to 200 amps, and feeding the sub from there, it would …
Required Clearance - Electrician Talk
Nov 20, 2023 · I did call the Utility company to confirm since they technically own the electric meter, and the response I received was, "the gas meter/gas pipe must be 3 feet away from the electric meter …
Smart electricians, smart meter, dumb question | Electrician Talk
Jul 5, 2012 · What does "closed" alternating flashing "------" mean on the new smart meters the POCO installs? :eek: There is no reading of Kw displayed just the above. :no: The electric service is running …
Combination meter/disconnect panel mounted directly to...
Feb 8, 2021 · I've done a few of these, get a piece of 3/4" exterior plywood that's as wide as the panel and about 2" higher than the top of the meter base and 2" lower than the bottom of the panel. Use 4 - …
removing the meter tamper tag - Electrician Talk
Jun 18, 2010 · Fellas, so hypothetically speaking, if a customer doesn't want a heavy up just a new panel installed, and "someone" was to just go ahead and cut the tag, pull the meter, and replace the …
Obsolete Anchor meter base - Electrician Talk
Dec 24, 2009 · Alright, I know somebody has this part sitting on their workbench, or they know where I can buy it from. Family member has an Anchor meter base from the early 70's, and one of the jaws …