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360Youth
08-19-2009, 11:19 PM
Only the second time that I have seen (or noticed,:roll:) a home service that is metered/CT'd at the green box rather than at a cabinet at the service. Is this more common than I realize? I have not done too many homes that required CT cabinets, but there are a couple of times that this may have been a viable option. BTW, how do you like the camo on the meter? :grin:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3836882703_a2df4c2a66.jpg
Buck Parrish
08-19-2009, 11:39 PM
I like that set up. Esspecially if you have dogs that bite.

Is that in NC ?
360Youth
08-20-2009, 03:34 PM
Is that in NC ?

It is in Oriental, NC.
LarryFine
08-20-2009, 04:30 PM
Only the second time that I have seen (or noticed,:roll:) a home service that is metered/CT'd at the green box rather than at a cabinet at the service.
Maybe it's not a CT meter for a house, but a meter for nearby neighborhood site lighting, sort of like a house meter in an apartment complex.
360Youth
08-20-2009, 07:19 PM
Maybe it's not a CT meter for a house, but a meter for nearby neighborhood site lighting, sort of like a house meter in an apartment complex.

There is no meter at the service (we sold genset for the house and were there for maintenace) so I am assuming this is their meter located at the corner of the property.
massfd
08-22-2009, 05:03 PM
I saw some old commercial services in NC while on vacation that had the CT's right at the weatherhead. They were just hung on the service conductors with a small multi conductor cable run down the wall to the meter.

Looked to be a group of 400 to 600 amp 3 phase services, sure saved lots of room. No huge CT cabinet. Only saw it in 1 town, guess the idea did not catch on.
vinster888
08-22-2009, 07:36 PM
i have done a couple myself. large properties, big money. lazy poco didnt want to get out of the truck. etc.
360Youth
08-22-2009, 09:05 PM
I saw some old commercial services in NC while on vacation that had the CT's right at the weatherhead. They were just hung on the service conductors with a small multi conductor cable run down the wall to the meter.

Looked to be a group of 400 to 600 amp 3 phase services, sure saved lots of room. No huge CT cabinet. Only saw it in 1 town, guess the idea did not catch on.


I have see several commercial applications, just hardly ever on resi.