mbrooke
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Neutrals on ground bar
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mbrooke
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Something like this:
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In most applications it is meter first.
In my area it is rare to see a meter main combo. Usually just a meter socket.
A typical overhead service with metal conduit will have the conduit between the outdoor meter socket and the indoor service panel in parallel with the neutral conductor due to the neutral bond at both the meter socket and service panel. This is allowed and very very common.
No trail of death in its wake.
In my area it is rare to see a meter main combo. Usually just a meter socket.
A typical overhead service with metal conduit will have the conduit between the outdoor meter socket and the indoor service panel in parallel with the neutral conductor due to the neutral bond at both the meter socket and service panel. This is allowed and very very common.
No trail of death in its wake.
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In my area that is the first disconnect.
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Tough winters make for hardy population. A few stray electrons can't be anything more than a tiny nussance.In most applications it is meter first.
In my area it is rare to see a meter main combo. Usually just a meter socket.
A typical overhead service with metal conduit will have the conduit between the outdoor meter socket and the indoor service panel in parallel with the neutral conductor due to the neutral bond at both the meter socket and service panel. This is allowed and very very common.
No trail of death in its wake.
mbrooke
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In most applications it is meter first.
In my area it is rare to see a meter main combo. Usually just a meter socket.
A typical overhead service with metal conduit will have the conduit between the outdoor meter socket and the indoor service panel in parallel with the neutral conductor due to the neutral bond at both the meter socket and service panel. This is allowed and very very common.
No trail of death in its wake.
That's true, however, if this is allowed in a meter main combo, why doesn't code allow me to put neutrals on a none floating bar in the main service panel?
My take is if code allows this it should allow the latter.
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Well its not all about your take.
I suspect it is just a case of how things evolved.
The meter socket must be grounded for safety and no EGC exists ahead of the service disconnect to do so.
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Seems like nobody wants to admit the incongruity of it all. If freaks people out to much and knowing the neutrals are landed on a buss with a big white wire on it eases their minds.
mbrooke
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But, if there is a large jumper from the ground to the neutral buss in the service, we are no longer relying on the enclosure (current will still pass but the jumper will take over if it didn't)
romex jockey
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True dat...
Most of us would subscribe to 'neutral' and 'ground' as mutually exclusive , where the fact is our entire poco and 'earthing system is often dual usage.
Electrons simply appear unwilling to engage in semantical debates......
~RJ~
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Yet life goes on without a problem unless you happen to be a cow.
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