Service entrance and a raised garden

[Greg Fretwell]

Originally Posted by Speedy Petey

How do you know this for certain?
That looks to me like a meter pedestal rated for burial. I am pretty sure it can be buried right up the that latch visible in the photos.

You must have a different kind of dirt up there if you can direct bury a paint over steel can. Around here that would rust off at the ground in a year or two. They rust up bad enough 5 feet off the ground.

[Thomas Jansson]

And, indeed, you can already see the rust coming along quite nicely on the unburied portion.

Recommended removal of the small raised garden for numerous reasons. Wood-framed brick veneer structure, moisture being held against the house, chance of water entry, damage to interior, structure, contents and finishes, wooden sill below grade, blah, blah, blah. The buried electric just put the "slam" into the dunk.

[Speedy Petey]

Have a lookie below. Like I said, the one in the link is to be buried almost to the upper cover latch.

Milbank is one of the largest meter socket manufacturers in the world.

http://www.milbankmfg.com/products/c...40%2005-07.pdf



I am really not trying to be a P-I-A, but it's just you guys can't "slam" something simply because you think it is not right.

If I installed that service, and someone put that planter in after, then a H-I comes in and says I installed the service wrong, I'd be pissed! That makes me look bad for NO reason. Then I have to go out of my way to defend myself due to NO fault of my own. All because of an opinion not based on fact.
See where I am coming from.

[Frank P. Newman]

Originally Posted by Jim Port

Pete,

Around here the socket is set by the POCO. Contractor just runs SE tail out. POCO terminates to socket.

Perhaps - but around here the electrician picks up the meter base from the power company, mounts and wires it from the mast down through the meter terminals to the panels, or from the meter to the panel in the case of underground service. The POCO then installs the conductors from their transformer, usually at the same time the meter is plugged in after final inspection.