Massachusetts journeyman limitations

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A journeyman has bid on a replacement of the main feed line from my meter to the utility connection point.

Does anyone know if this isn’t allowed in Mass? I’ve tried navigating thru the Mass website until my head exploded🤯

Thanks in advance
 
Im from Mass and I cant think of why it could not be done. Ive had to replace service laterals because they were direct buried triplex and were nicked during landscape work and eventually corroded and burned up. Doing this today could trigger replacing meter with meter main(outside disconnect switch)
 
if it's overhead aerial , utility company would change the aerial section but I've reattached at the house. an electrcian can change the SEU cable from meter to weather head and is allowed to reconnect it to the utility
 
On overhead services Typically the homeowner/ electrician is responsible from the point of attachment down. If the the Arial conductors are in place the electrician will make them up as well.
 
The weatherhead is the cap on the riser pipe going up the house with wires coming out the bottom connected to utility wires OR

The connector on the cable end at top point where utility and house wire connect
 
Realizing towns have different policies. What’s the probability this work would require an inspection of the electrical breaker panel? My concern is the house is 60+ years old and I’m sure that the code has changed. I don’t want this to turn into a whole house require fiasco😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
 
Thwkman said:
Realizing towns have different policies. What’s the probability this work would require an inspection of the electrical breaker panel? My concern is the house is 60+ years old and I’m sure that the code has changed. I don’t want this to turn into a whole house require fiasco😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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60+ yrs by itself would not indicate the need to change anything. Your electrician is in the best position to indicate areas of concern related to existing not directly related to the service replacement. Inspector may make note of any issues present that might be of serious safety concern but should not directly effect the new service replacement. But all new codes requirement for the partial replacement must be up to date and might have implications related to the existing equipment, i.e. NG Bonding. But this should not raise to the level of a fiasco.
 
Fred B said:
60+ yrs by itself would not indicate the need to change anything. Your electrician is in the best position to indicate areas of concern related to existing not directly related to the service replacement. Inspector may make note of any issues present that might be of serious safety concern but should not directly effect the new service replacement. But all new codes requirement for the partial replacement must be up to date and might have implications related to the existing equipment, i.e. NG Bonding. But this should not raise to the level of a fiasco.
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Thanks. This house has a way of creating fiascos😂😂
 
I am from MA as well. A Journeyman in MA can pull permits and operate a business as a one man show without a masters license.

In MA you can't do any wiring (work with the tools) with just a masters license you need a journeyman license. The Masters license is to run a business with employees.
 
shortcircuit2 said:
Ya...a master electrician don't know how to werk with the tools in Mass :rolleyes:
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It made sense in the old days but not so much now.

To get a Masters now you have to get the journeyman license first. But this was not always the case.

I started in 73' and the owner of the company I worked for got his Masters in 1925. He was grandfathered in because he was an MIT engineering graduate. He died shortly after I started. He never had a journeyman license or worked with the tools.
 
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