nadprosper
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The following story takes place in Oakland, CA....where PG&E is the service provider. So, we went and looked at a job where the homeowner wanted a service change, he wanted an estimate and another electrician had already looked at it. The existing service was a bit to the right of the gas meter's house line and local code says it needs 10" clearance from the meter...which was fine because I'm sure the code was different when it was originally put in, but he wanted to get the mast off of his trellis...so he wanted to move it. He wanted to move it to an adjacent wall....problem being, that whole wall was in the area of the gas meter....with no way to get the proper clearance ( 36" from utility side ( vent ) and 10' from house side ). So we suggested putting it on the other side of the house. He grumbled and said that the other electrician said that he could put it right above the gas meter. We laughed. We didn't get the job. i drove by there today and saw that there was a new service and took this picture. Chalk it up to experience, or lack thereof.