Nothing a little tape couldn't fix

[electricmanscott]

Another Ice Storm victim brought back to life. Replaced with fancy new SE cable. :smile:

 

[jumper]

Scary!! Nice pics.

 

[480sparky]

At least the strap is bonded. Sort of.

 

[jumper]

At least the strap is bonded. Sort of.

too funny, i can not stop laughing

 

[Mule]

We're spoiled.... No installations like that in our town....Hardly see SE, if I do, its interior only...

 

[iaov]

Theres lots of that old,weather rotted SE cable around these parts.

 

[Mule]

I've never even seen a meter can like that, is that some sort of a gromment fitting on top, or is it a bonding means to the sheath?

 

[RJohnsonMasterElectrician]

I have seen that on aluminum siding

 

[wawireguy]

Thank goodness WA doesn't allow those types of installs. That thing has to be in conduit in our part of the country!

 

[Rewire]

I am missing an 8 ft ladder it was orange with a black top...

 

[daleuger]

Are my eyes deceiving me or is that meter digital? No close up on the meter face. :-?

 

[Mule]

Are my eyes deceiving me or is that meter digital? No close up on the meter face. :-?

Looks like it to me....Its a wonder poco didnt red seal it.....

 

[daleuger]

Looks like it to me....Its a wonder poco didnt red seal it.....

Fun fact for the day: Up here we have a nationwide licensing program for most all trades. Know what it's called.....Red Seal

 

[LarryFine]

I've never gotten bent out of shape about old service cable with exposed neutral strands. They're no more hazardous to touch than the meter base itself.

I've never even seen a meter can like that, is that some sort of a gromment fitting on top, or is it a bonding means to the sheath?

Neither. It's a (at one time) weather-proof cable-clamp. There's a rubber gland with an oval home inside. Tightening the screws compresses the rubber around the cable. The modern version has a nut like a compression EMT connector.

 

[LarryFine]

Are my eyes deceiving me or is that meter digital? No close up on the meter face. :-?

In the sense that the readout is an LCD, yes.

 

[Mule]

I've never gotten bent out of shape about old service cable with exposed neutral strands. They're no more hazardous to touch than the meter base itself.

Neither. It's a (at one time) weather-proof cable-clamp. There's a rubber gland with an oval home inside. Tightening the screws compresses the rubber around the cable. The modern version has a nut like a compression EMT connector.

That's what I meant by the grommet word, thanks....

I know SE is legal, but I just dont like having exposed "unprotected" conductors peaking through the so called outer neutral protection.....I seriously wonder if large tranny fuse would actually blow in the right conditions...

 

[LarryFine]

I know SE is legal, but I just dont like having exposed "unprotected" conductors peaking through the so called outer neutral protection.....

No worse than exposed conduit.

I seriously wonder if large tranny fuse would actually blow in the right conditions...

Which would be ...?

 

[Mule]

No worse than exposed conduit.

With ALOT of holes in it.....

Which would be ...?

Like a primary fuse on let's say a 50 or 75kva xfrmr, and those flimsy neutral strands on a #4 SE cable coupled with a "not so" serious ground fault in the se cable..........??? Im sure this has been tested by someone, but it just doesnt seem right to me.......:grin:

 

[LarryFine]

Like a primary fuse on let's say a 50 or 75kva xfrmr, and those flimsy neutral strands on a #4 SE cable coupled with a "not so" serious ground fault in the se cable..........???

Generally not a long-duration event.

 

[norcal]

While SE cable is NEC compliant, it is not in PG&E's Greenbook as a acceptable method for a service, so they have not been installed in years in these parts, a WAG on my part would be 50 years or so.