short service wires

[danselectricalcontracting]

the wires coming into the main service panel from Edison are too short for any replacement panel I can find. the wires are 9 inches and new terminal/lug location requires at least 15 inches to accommodate. will Edison replace those wires or am I responsible as the contractor?

 

[Dsg319]

the wires coming into the main service panel from Edison are too short for any replacement panel I can find. the wires are 9 inches and new terminal/lug location requires at least 15 inches to accommodate. will Edison replace those wires or am I responsible as the contractor?

Can’t speak for Edison but I know my area the service entrance conductors are the contractors responsibility

 

[ptonsparky]

That is why they make compression butt splices and tape.

I would have been more inclined to replace them out to the meter can, at minimum.

 

[rambojoe]

Id bet you could find the 6" of slack..

 

[qcroanoke]

That is why they make compression butt splices and tape.

I would have been more inclined to replace them out to the meter can, at minimum.

I was under the impression service entrance conductors cannot be spliced?
Are the wire from the meter to the panel service entrance conductors?

 

[LarryFine]

I was under the impression service entrance conductors cannot be spliced?

That was changed to okay a few decades ago.

Are the wire from the meter to the panel service entrance conductors?

Yes, everything ahead of the service disconnect.

The NEC views the meter as a "lump" in the service cable.

 

[Little Bill]

The NEC views the meter as a "lump" in the service cable.

How many lumps you want?
Oh, 3 or 4!

 

[qcroanoke]

That was changed to okay a few decades ago.

I missed that. Most everything we did was from the main breaker on.