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Assess Meter Socket Damage and Disconnect Power

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Service Call, Repairing a 320 AMP Meter Socket, and Installing a GFCI Outlet In Basement, Thoughts?

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What happens here

The electrician arrives at the customer's home to address a 'strained meter socket.' Upon inspection, it's determined that the 'hot bar' within the old meter socket was busted, necessitating a full replacement. Before any work begins, the primary power supply to the house must be safely disconnected by the utility company, a crucial first step for safety.

Goal: Identify meter socket damage and ensure electrical safety by disconnecting main power.

Tools and materials

  • Multimeter Fluke — Verifying that power has been successfully disconnected
  • Visual inspection N/A — Identifying visible damage to the meter socket and internal components

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All right, day in the life of an electrician on an important service call. So, let's get right to it. So, first thing we do today, a customer called and said they got a strained meter socket. As you can see right here, we're putting in a new 320 amp meter socket. This is the old socket. You can see the hot bar was busted. [music] So, we're installing right now a 320 amp new meter socket. I'm holding the electric meter right now by the utility >> [music] >> and we extended the wires because the previous PVC conduit didn't have an expansion coupling. So, we installed an

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