These legal????

[chevyx92]

Are these legal since you need to mess with meter?
http://cgi.ebay.com/LEVITON-WHOLE-H...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2307113703

 

[mcclary's electrical]

Are these legal since you need to mess with meter?
http://cgi.ebay.com/LEVITON-WHOLE-H...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2307113703

Yes, and normally you can request them from you local power company them if needed. I see them on alot of farms for some reason.

 

[chevyx92]

Yes, and normally you can request them from you local power company them if needed. I see them on alot of farms for some reason.

Really this is the first time I've seen ones that involve the meterbase. Usually deal with ones for the panel instead.

 

[benaround]

chevy,

At the end of that link, it said ' manafactured for POCO to rent ' .

 

[ceb58]

I would be very cautious buying something like this off of E-bay. Counterfeit, defective and such. The supply houses around here use to sell them. Then the poco's raised a stink about having the meters pulled to install them and they saw another money making item they suddenly disappeared from the supply houses. Imagine that.......

 

[iwire]

Are these legal since you need to mess with meter?
http://cgi.ebay.com/LEVITON-WHOLE-H...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2307113703

As far as the NEC sure no issue at all.


I think you may find the power company would have an issue with someone installing that.

 

[Volta]

I furnished one for our local POCO to install on our customer's house. The utility had only put five in Ohio, and it took some phone calls, but they agreed to allow it, and charged a hundred bucks or so.

From my research on this protection, this was really a great way to go.

Location is outside, the grounded conductor can be kept very short, high surge withstand, and it has a large single 53mm MOV, which is better than multiple elements, as far as I can tell.

I had dual rods connected to the meter base, which I believe is preferable to panel-only GECs for surges with a ground relationship.

 

[bphgravity]

This is a very common product / service here in Florida, but as indicated above, they are under the exclusive control of the utility provider.

You can get one installed for $120 a year from FPL:

http://www.fplenergyservices.com/surgeshield.shtml

 

[Electron_Sam78]

I have one installed on my service at home. I bought it through the POCO for around $260 if I remember correctly and they installed it.

 

[sameguy]

On farms. Farms are normally on the end of the line and have high motor loads with farmer wiring to them. May have changed some over the years on the power co. end.
Low voltage.

 

[acrwc10]

where do they pick up the ground, and do they need a 5 jaw meter ?

 

[Volta]

where do they pick up the ground, and do they need a 5 jaw meter ?

There is a small white conductor attached. Depending on the meter base, you may need a split bolt to connect it to the neutral.