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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! WHAT IN THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!! Now Now Now Now, I know!! we've all had those crazy visions of WHAT it would look like without any CONDUIT!!! But COME ON!!! My 5 year old SON knows better than this!!

Aw, C'mon!! Give credit where credit is due...at least they used bushings on the nipple in the bottom of the meter can...

Seriously though, Kevin...what is the thing that the wires pass through to enter the building? From the pic it looks like the corner of a basement window.

Mike (mamills)

Wow, guys!
Here, any resi 200A or less goes to the meter socket, and right out of the meter socket to the main c/b. (Usually in an "All-in-one" service)
Is this required by your serving utility?

Maybe he was going to back fill up to the bottom of the meter base. It is afterall underground wire ain't it. He just wasn't through yet huh.

I saw a house that had 30 amp 120 volt wires coming from the pole to the house (only 2 wires). The neutral wire was connected to one, and the red and black hots were connected to the other. (may i mention that they used electrical tape with western union splices.) The service wire then went to a meter then to his breaker box. The man living ther wired it himself without a building permit or inspection. he said he was shocked a few times. He's lucky to be alive. Oh yes, he said he also used speaker wire in a few places because he ran out of romex.

I knew that NEC instructor was full of it. He told us we were to use 2" PVC for that.
This way seems so much faster! Quanity not quality!

This is what happens when you use non-UV and cellular Pvc on a job.

Wonder what it looks like inside.....

To my non-electrician eyes, it appears that this DIY'er was not yet finished. Obviously, a very important detail was left out:



Bill:
Looks like this posting alone picked up about 5 new members of the BBS

Here in North NJ, the meter base that is pictured is similar to what my next-door neighbor just had installed. (They did use conduit, however.)

kduke:

How many ground rods did they use, and how are they connected? (They did use them, right?) I see a smaller conductor entering on the far right of the meter base...??

P. S. What is a "horned bypass?"

P. P. S. Now, if they had used one of these , maybe it would have made things a little better...


[This message has been edited by ThinkGood (edited 08-03-2003).]

C'mon, none of you have seen invisible conduit before?!?

I haven't seen it, but I have been charged for it by the supply house.