Dennis Peacock
04-24-2014, 8:36 PM
My power company is requiring me to run a new service to my house due to the new construction location. They now require a "Side Lug" meter base. My question is this: What makes a side lug meter base different than a standard old meter base? Way back in my day of being an electrician we just bought and installed a meter base where the utility company pulled the wire inside the 3" PVC conduit we had to run and bury with a pull string in the pipe. The meter base had the power company coming in and tying in to the neutral lug and the 2 top hot lugs. The house was fed from the 2 bottom hot lugs and the central mounted neutral.
I'm just trying to find out how special a Side Lug meter base is. :)
I'm just trying to find out how special a Side Lug meter base is. :)