- Location
- Tennessee NEC:2017
- Occupation
- Semi-Retired Electrician
I installed a meter base the other day and when terminating the conductors I found that it didn't have a lug for the EGC.
The POCO requires the EGC to land in the meter base. Usually the ones I have installed have the lug on the side of the neutral lug, but this one had none.
I called, then went by the SH where I bought it and the guy said he forgot to mention this particular meter base didn't come with a lug.:rant: That's ok, it's just a 40 mile round trip to the house.:happyno:
It is a Siemens/ITE underground/overhead base. They have a lug for it but no instructions on how to mount it. So I found a guy that uses this base and he said he just runs a self tapping Tek screw in to mount it to the box.
Since this technically isn't under an area that the NEC governs because they pick up after the meter, would you have any reservations about not tapping a hole? Meaning the "two threads engaged" rule, and instead using the Tek screw. The neutral lug isn't floating, so if I scrape some paint off the area where I'm going to mount the lug it should have continuity to the neutral lug.
Any thoughts?
The POCO requires the EGC to land in the meter base. Usually the ones I have installed have the lug on the side of the neutral lug, but this one had none.
I called, then went by the SH where I bought it and the guy said he forgot to mention this particular meter base didn't come with a lug.:rant: That's ok, it's just a 40 mile round trip to the house.:happyno:
It is a Siemens/ITE underground/overhead base. They have a lug for it but no instructions on how to mount it. So I found a guy that uses this base and he said he just runs a self tapping Tek screw in to mount it to the box.
Since this technically isn't under an area that the NEC governs because they pick up after the meter, would you have any reservations about not tapping a hole? Meaning the "two threads engaged" rule, and instead using the Tek screw. The neutral lug isn't floating, so if I scrape some paint off the area where I'm going to mount the lug it should have continuity to the neutral lug.
Any thoughts?