I'm a little angry... Turns out it was my fault too...

So, we got a new PoCo (Most of you know the woes I've mentioned) and everything is different. Used to be, we supplied the pedestal, they did eveything else, now we provide service lateral conduit and pullrope and dig out as close as we dare to the Xformer.

I was told that I'd have to be there for final connections, but alas, one day I showed up and it was all done for me...

Ok...

So the shows over, I call in to disconnect the service so I can remove the obviously temporary service, a few days later there's a yellow tag (never saw one of those before) and the meter is gone...

OK, so I guess it's ready to remove ?!? So I call 1-800-alleghe(ny) and ask the lady "does a yellow tag mean it's disconnected? I'd like to remove this service..." She said "yes"...

I snip the yellow seal and Hmmm.... the lateral is still connected... and hot... with full 240V....

So... now I'm a little peaved, and I leave a nasty note in the meterbase asking if they were trying to kill me...

Then the meterman happens to show up... Turns out the yellow tag only means that the customer should have no power, not that it is "cold"...

And I had no business snipping the yellow tag...

OK, so I snip the PT-70M that I use to show that it was a sparky that snipped the yellow tag, and I removed my nasty note... and applied another PT-70M for the same reason...

I called the EE and both explained and apologized for my mistake...

Sheesh... the yellow tag apparently means the same thing as "no meter" which is plain to see... so the redundancy is a little stupid...

I was informed that there would be no tag at all when I can remove it...

So now I know... (And now you know)

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-Virgil
Residential/Commercial Inspector
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