n84jrnation
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just curious why do you not bond the neutral and ground in a meter socket with no breaker. You can't over ground something. What could go wrong
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Almost all meter sockets have the neutral bonded directly to the enclosure. On the line side of the service disconnect all metal parts are connected to the neutral.
n84jrnation
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but what if it is just a meter can with no disconnect.you dont bond the neutral and ground there.
Strathead
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As stated most meter sockets are inherently bonded. In fact, here in Florida you have to special order a meter accessory to prevent the neutral and the ground from being bonded together at an additional cost. Sorry if this is off topic, but the problem occurs when you have to have a disconnect before a group of meter, like when you have a gutter and more than 6 meters at a strip mall. The Disconnect has to be the service disconnect and bonded, but then the meters and the individual tenant disconnects require equipment grounds.
mopowr steve
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If the power company requires you to run the grounding electrode wire to the meterbase, it would be bonded at the meterbase (the lug that holds the neutral wire also holds the grounding electrode wire and is attached to the metal enclosure)
Other than that, I don't understand what you may be getting at.
Of course the meterbase is only one of three places that the neutral and ground can be bonded together. (Meterbase, First means of disconnect, Service drop attachment point)
Other than that, I don't understand what you may be getting at.
Of course the meterbase is only one of three places that the neutral and ground can be bonded together. (Meterbase, First means of disconnect, Service drop attachment point)
kwired
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There is no EGC on the supply side of the main bonding jumper - which will be at the service disconnecting means.
On the supply side of the service disconnect all bonding is to the grounded service conductor. In fact if there were a rare case where you had a meter socket with isolated neutral on the service conductors you would have to somehow bond to the grounded conductor.
Same goes for any other metal raceway or enclosure ahead of the service disconnecting means.
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