oh my word....

Thats crazy. I assume that big disco kills them all? otherwise, theres more than six throws of the hand here. (among many other problems)

Was this building originally individual, private apartments?

Yes it sure does

Yes it was an old house

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oh BTW those meter bases without meters are HOT and had no covers.

Wizzie,
Thanks for the pics, mate.
Interesting stuff.

OK, I'll bite. What is the box of dirt?

CATV? Parking lot lights or signs? Service to the pool?

Larry

I think the box is full of dirt because of ants, but I'm not sure. The wire inside was 4 AWG and I have no idea where they go.

Those meters look old too, only four numbers instead of the usual five on the dial.

In pic no. 5, that Square D panel is kinda unusual. It looks a lot like those Canadian Panels that have the main breaker in an isolated compartment. The wiring to the receptacle and the time switch looks small, like extension cord wire.

Wizzie: Is there some kind of contact burning going on in the switch jaws of that big disco (or maybe it's the lighting) ?

Mike (mamills)

hemingray, i belive the meters in the pic are the westinghouse DS or D2S style,i have several in my meter collection,& seem to rember mne only having 4 dials or the odometer type with just 4 digits. wizzie, why didn't the power company put terminal guards on the blank sockets ? or is this customer owned meters & not the utility's?

Something I hadn't thought of, does anyone remember the thread up here about a year ago about the energy efficent experiment house? It is possible that these meters were all installed so that the homeowner/whatever could keep a close watch on what devices were using how much electricity. If you look closely, some of those little 2-space panels off the meters only have one breaker.

Just a thought.

I believe they are customer owned meters.

Each meter is for a seperate motel room.

Why do you think they would want seperate meters for each room? Do you get charged based on how many lights you have on? That seems a little odd to me.

Hm... if the rooms have like electric baseboard heat that could be an idea.