480 TEST BLOCK TAP?

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So I am in a predicament. Along with the rest of us I can't find parts that are apples to apples. I'm working on a 480/277 meter panel with a main disconnect but has no identification. The closest I can find is the seimens FastFax panel but it's still different t than that. It looks like there has been many hands on this thing over the years and now I have to try and make it right to get a release. Does any one know what this panel model number is or where I can get parts for it or B what's the likelihood(i know not good ) I can get away with different lugs that attach to the test blocks.
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electrofelon said:
Boy, that thing looks beyond repair to me....is it just me or are the jaws all chowder too?
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The jaws are in ok condition some soot build up but that's easily taken care of. And I'd happily replace it if I could find anything all the local supply stores laughed at me when I called em and I've pretty much exhausted old employers and co workers so now idk what to do
 
Sparksie said:
The jaws are in ok condition some soot build up but that's easily taken care of. And I'd happily replace it if I could find anything all the local supply stores laughed at me when I called em and I've pretty much exhausted old employers and co workers so now idk what to do
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Its gotta be California legal so just a meter socket won't cut it unless it had a disconnect
 
electrofelon said:
California requires a disconnect adjacent to a meter?
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"Means of disconnect" I.E breaker ,Fuse which no one does any more etc. It can not have any feeders, busses ,branch circuitry etc leave the enclosure that could not be de-energized without having to remove the meter. So just a meter socket to a load center will not work because then the load center would have a portion of wiring that would not be energized with the main of the load center off. Even if the two enclosures are right next to or on top one another if its not the same cabinet it is a no go. Basically some idiot somewhere at some point shut off a main breaker and thought he could remove the meter safely probably.
 
Sparksie said:
"Means of disconnect" I.E breaker ,Fuse which no one does any more etc. It can not have any feeders, busses ,branch circuitry etc leave the enclosure that could not be de-energized without having to remove the meter. So just a meter socket to a load center will not work because then the load center would have a portion of wiring that would not be energized with the main of the load center off. Even if the two enclosures are right next to or on top one another if its not the same cabinet it is a no go. Basically some idiot somewhere at some point shut off a main breaker and thought he could remove the meter safely probably.
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Would be energized*
 
As far as I know it's for mounting the POCO Feeders to the cabinet securing the busses and to give them an attachment for other devices for testing mettering swapping out the meter etc without disturbing the supply
 
Sparksie said:
"Means of disconnect" I.E breaker ,Fuse which no one does any more etc. It can not have any feeders, busses ,branch circuitry etc leave the enclosure that could not be de-energized without having to remove the meter. So just a meter socket to a load center will not work because then the load center would have a portion of wiring that would not be energized with the main of the load center off. Even if the two enclosures are right next to or on top one another if its not the same cabinet it is a no go. Basically some idiot somewhere at some point shut off a main breaker and thought he could remove the meter safely probably.
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Surprised I never heard of this. Is this a statewide rule or a utility rule?
 
Cold sequence metering, some of our local poco’s require it on services that are 400 amp and under if 480 volts. We just put a disconnect before the meterbase, then a customer service disconnect after.
 
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