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UK,
I've learned in my time here at ECN that many U.S. PoCos aren't nearly as fussy about the demarcation between "theirs" and "ours" as in Britain. Have a look through and you'll see that in many cases our American friends actually make splices onto the overhead cables on the line side of the meter.

Paul:
Yes, your american friends do make the splices at the weatherhead, sometimes.

The actual meter is a utility co item, and the cabinet is sometimes utility supplied, sometimes customer supplied. 3 phase CT meter cabinets are utility supplied, but the CT compartment is customer supplied.

We have a lot of contradictory work practices between the two (2) utilities in the areas that we work in normally, sometimes it's tough to keep it straight.

Hot/cold sequence; CT installation (they always do the CT wiring); secondary conductor landing on pad mount xfrs; etc.

Have a great day (or nite)

John

Please note that HotLine's info is applicable in his area, and not necessarily everywhere here in the States.

Never say always, never say never ...S

Guess I should have mentioned that. A lot of people this side of the Pond don't realize that in the U.S. each state, county, and in many cases city has much more self-government over its own affairs than in Europe, where the tendency is for far more things to be centralized.

Just look at everyday things as examples: 51 different jurisdictions for car license plates and driver licenses, sales tax percentages which can vary from state to state, county to county, and town to town, clearly defined jurisdictions of city police, county sheriff, state police, etc.