Prepare Service Entrance and Install New Meter Box

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Customer had a Bad Meter Socket.. And this is how you get it repaired! Thoughts? #electrician

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What happens here

One electrician is seen working at ground level, beginning the installation of the new 200 amp meter box. Simultaneously, the other electrician (the narrator) ascends an extension ladder to the roofline to prepare the service weatherhead. This preparation involves stripping the existing service wires (4/0 aluminum conductors) to expose the conductive material, making them ready for connection to the utility's overhead lines.

Goal: Install the new meter box and prepare the existing service wires for connection.

Tools and materials

200 Amp Meter Box — The replacement electrical enclosure for the utility meter
Extension Ladder — Accessing the service weatherhead at the roofline
Wire Strippers — Removing insulation from the service conductors
Work Gloves — Protecting hands during installation and wire handling
4/0 Aluminum Conductors — The main service wires connecting to the utility

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stopped by and said that their meter had a jaw tension failure, which basically means the inside of the box was going bad, so we had to get it replaced. Here was the 200 amp electrical panel on the other side of the wall. The panel was okay, so we didn't need to touch it. My bro Ken is below installing the new 200 amp meter box and I'm currently prepping the weather head of the service by stripping the wires to connect back to the utility. Here's the new meter box. We got our wires terminated, two hot wires and one neutral wire. The size of the wire was four out aluminum which is

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