ceb58
Senior Member
- Location
- Raeford, NC
Had a call this afternoon. Lady said her A/C and well pump stopped working but every thing was OK as far as she knew. Get there pull fuses,check OK. Put meter on 27v A ph to G, 124v B ph to G. Go to meter combo on house where A/C and well pump are fed from. 28v ph A to G, 126 PH B to G top and bottom of main breaker. Shut down all the power to house. Look around inside to see if there is a burned buss bar. Every thing looked ok. Only thing I could think was lost one leg in the underground or on transformer. Told her to call poco. She called and of course had to report it through the automated system crap.
I then decided to cut the seal and look inside the meter base for a burned lug. Every thing looked ok. Checked the bottom jaws got the same voltage. Checked poco's side 125v A side, 126v b side. Then thoughts go to meter has gone bad??? Then poco dispatcher calls tells lady the bill had not been paid and the meter had been booted. She tell him to talk to me.
I tell him there is still power on one leg. He said "we better get some one to come out before it burns up any equipment" DUH, ya think ( did'nt tell I already had power off to house). Mean while lady has husband on cell phone cussing him out for forgetting to pay the bill. Short time later service guy shows up. Tell him what I found, lady is paying cash for the bill, going to get power restored. He pulls meter and the boot on B side has a hole in it about the size of a dime. No damage, he replaces meter all is good. Then the idiot has the nerve to tell me "we can fine you $250.00 for cutting the seal" Go right ahead and fine me I still will make money on it. After I send the poco a bill for a service call and some burned up equipment that your people caused by not knowing what they were doing when they put the boot on and tearing it putting the meter back in. Please fine me, please. He decides to leave, nothing burned up luckily, she paid me in cash and away we go.
Next time you find something strange like this just ask " have you paid the bill"?
I then decided to cut the seal and look inside the meter base for a burned lug. Every thing looked ok. Checked the bottom jaws got the same voltage. Checked poco's side 125v A side, 126v b side. Then thoughts go to meter has gone bad??? Then poco dispatcher calls tells lady the bill had not been paid and the meter had been booted. She tell him to talk to me.
I tell him there is still power on one leg. He said "we better get some one to come out before it burns up any equipment" DUH, ya think ( did'nt tell I already had power off to house). Mean while lady has husband on cell phone cussing him out for forgetting to pay the bill. Short time later service guy shows up. Tell him what I found, lady is paying cash for the bill, going to get power restored. He pulls meter and the boot on B side has a hole in it about the size of a dime. No damage, he replaces meter all is good. Then the idiot has the nerve to tell me "we can fine you $250.00 for cutting the seal" Go right ahead and fine me I still will make money on it. After I send the poco a bill for a service call and some burned up equipment that your people caused by not knowing what they were doing when they put the boot on and tearing it putting the meter back in. Please fine me, please. He decides to leave, nothing burned up luckily, she paid me in cash and away we go.
Next time you find something strange like this just ask " have you paid the bill"?