GerryB
Senior Member
- Location
- woodbridge, ct. USA
The POCO has rejected a 3 gang service I just did. The inspector passed it and said he would have done the same thing. What I did was come out of the right side KO instead of the top of the meter where you would put a reducer and a hub etc. Reason is the meter had to move left of the original, 2 family house was sided with j-channel around the old conduit, so by coming out the side I was able to go right in the old space where the channel was. Here is there guidebook on it.
"Under no condition will the company approve the installation of metered and unmetered conductors in the same conduit, raceway or wiring trough. In combination meter-main service equipment, the line and load wiring must be isolated to there respective compartments."
I just got off the phone with the supervisor. There interpretation is because I came in the left bottom side of the meter the line and load run together past the first meter provision. They are saying I HAVE TO come out the top of the meter.
This is a straight 3-gang meter provision with bypass levers, no mains, so I don't know if I would call it meter-main equipment. There are really no distinct compartments like in a meter with a main. I said to the supervisor in an underground service you come in the bottom and out of the bottom. Tomorrow I have to send him some pictures.
So two questions. What do you think, and also I have read about splicing feeders could that be done. (I'll probably just change the whole thing though.)
"Under no condition will the company approve the installation of metered and unmetered conductors in the same conduit, raceway or wiring trough. In combination meter-main service equipment, the line and load wiring must be isolated to there respective compartments."
I just got off the phone with the supervisor. There interpretation is because I came in the left bottom side of the meter the line and load run together past the first meter provision. They are saying I HAVE TO come out the top of the meter.
This is a straight 3-gang meter provision with bypass levers, no mains, so I don't know if I would call it meter-main equipment. There are really no distinct compartments like in a meter with a main. I said to the supervisor in an underground service you come in the bottom and out of the bottom. Tomorrow I have to send him some pictures.
So two questions. What do you think, and also I have read about splicing feeders could that be done. (I'll probably just change the whole thing though.)