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They do make an adapter to allow service to be connected up temporarily when a service lateral fails. You would think that the POCO would carry something like that on their truck:



http://www.brooksutility.com/catalog/product-detail.asp?ID=503

It's not ideal but its safer than going through the socket front like that.

Thanks for the info HotLine1, by the way what's the NESC?

NESC is the National Electrical Safety Code used by electrical utilities for their distribution facilities.

http://standards.ieee.org/nesc/
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/nesc/
http://www.amazon.com/National-Electrical-Safety-Code-Handbook/dp/0071453679

Ah, thanks pdh, you'd think the NESC would at least have something against the way that cable's connected to the meter socket, the sight of that is makin me nervous.

mamills, I'm not sure if you noticed, but the meter is on the ground at the bottom right of the picture. There's really nothing between curious fingers getting in there and the lugs. I'm not sure why the POCO wrapped tape around the outside of the meter pan.
WireNuts29, I believe you're talking about the sill plate (on the shorter piece of PVC)? Instead of using an LB to enter the house. A sill plate is a flange that has a slit cut out of the bottom (for drainage) and fits over the pipe (PVC or metal) and gets screwed to the house.

Yep, I saw the meter there on the ground. Kinda surprised the POCO would just leave one lying around like that. In my part of the world (SE Texas) the POCO guards those things like gold. This whole setup just smacks of danger, especially being done in an area where there are probably a lot of kids playing (seeing the basketball court in one of the pix). I wonder if the underground service comes from the pole in the background of the same picture?

Mike (mamills)