Install 50A Outlet at Electric Meter
My electric meter is stand alone on a post close to my driveway where my 5th wheel is parked, near the left rear RV corner in my sig picture. I originally thought about having a 20a outlet installed t...
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westend wrote:SkiSmuggs wrote:I would definitely call an electrician and not the utility.Rollnhome wrote:
This is a lot different than the "pedestal" I had envisioned. This looks like a sealed meter box. Also looks like you may have a transformer there also. From my west coast experience you may need to get the power company involved. I can not recall a meter not having a power shut off switch or breaker box on the service meter post or pedestal.
This was done in the early 70s and this is Vermont (I'm a Vermonter, I do what I wanter). :)
Thanks for all the input and consulting with an electrician is my plan.
What it looks like you have there is the original temporary meter location, since upgraded to offer support for the meter. There is no lockout tag on the meter socket visible. That makes me think that final location inspection was not concluded.
The electric utility security tag is visible hanging down in front of the middle conduit.
Vermont is fairly lenient about things like inspections and licensing requirements. One needn't be licensed as an electrician to legally perform work on one's own house, and (if I'm reading the statue properly) no final or other inspections are required at the state level for ordinary houses, but only for public buildings ("complex structures"). If anything, the requirements were looser when the house was built in the '70s.
