I am rewiring a fire damaged unit in an apartment bldg.
The insurance company is demanding that the unit be fed with 100A.
The service meter bank is made up of seven tightly spaced Murray SA105AR round meter sockets atop seven FPE 50A breaker enclosures.
Trying to fit in a modern square meter socket would require major surgery to the whole panel just to upgrade the one unit. The 100A breaker enclosure would fit however.
My question is:
Where is it written that I can't run a 100A service through a round meter base?
The lugs in the base are plenty big enough for #4 wire which would lead me to believe it is rated at an ampacity commensurate with the size of it's lugs.
Am I wrong?
Thanks
The insurance company is demanding that the unit be fed with 100A.
The service meter bank is made up of seven tightly spaced Murray SA105AR round meter sockets atop seven FPE 50A breaker enclosures.
Trying to fit in a modern square meter socket would require major surgery to the whole panel just to upgrade the one unit. The 100A breaker enclosure would fit however.
My question is:
Where is it written that I can't run a 100A service through a round meter base?
The lugs in the base are plenty big enough for #4 wire which would lead me to believe it is rated at an ampacity commensurate with the size of it's lugs.
Am I wrong?
Thanks