2/0 is rated 83 percent of 200 amps it is an exception to 310.15 for single family homes. Since the 2/0 is already reduced in size the 1/0 neutral would require a load calculation to be code compliant. The grounding electrode conductor must attach to the neutral, neutral termination bar at any accessible location ahead of the main, key word “accessible” once the meter is sealed by the utility… another violation 250.24 where is the raceway (Conduit) between the meter and service panel?
2/0 is rated 83 percent of 200 amps it is an exception to 310.15 for single family homes. Since the 2/0 is already reduced in size the 1/0 neutral would require a load calculation to be code compliant. The grounding electrode conductor must attach to the neutral, neutral termination bar at ant accessible location ahead of the main, key word “accessible” once the meter is sealed by the utility… another violation 250.24 where is the raceway (Conduit) between the meter and service panel.
Hello, is the price of electricity expensive in America, and the hot regions, how are they treated in terms of consumption value compared to regions with less heat and beautiful weather in the summer, thank you.
@@mountainliving8208 What is the average electricity bill between hot and cold regions? By numbers please. How much is the average monthly worker in the USA? Janitors how much they are monthly. Is it really up to $10,000. Will the electric bill be about $300 or more, thank you. Who is the category that suffers from paying its dues of electricity, gas and water. Thank you
Your right i did put it in conduit the next day I dont know what I was thinking when I ran it I should have shown it on camera sorry but you are right my friend
@@mountainliving8208 I wish the previous owner of my house had that attitude. This place is scary! SEU from the meter can to the entrance to the home is rotted so badly the neutral is exposed, the previous owner ran SEU in a conduit under concrete out to the garage panel that panel has no shut off which would be fine, except the SEU is connected to the main panel lugs which means it is connected to the incoming service with no way to shut it off other than pulling the meter, and it is running through the floor joists in my basement... To make matters worse the conduit it is in is a metal conduit and electrically bonded to the metal panel in the garage and the garage panel is an old 3 phase panel that the previous owner used a jumper wire on to make it work. It is a fubar. The worst part is I can do the work myself, but my location requires a licensed electrician for the work. So tempting to just do it all, pull the meter and connect up real fast, hide my tracks, and when the power company asks why their smart meter was off I can claim "power went out and I had to run off some meth heads, must have been trying to steal the cable thinking it was copper, but I found the meter and put it back in, feel free to come out and put another lock it". If only they had installed a darned main cut-off I would not have this issue. Nice work, even if you did forget to mention the conduit.
You can't do that! The wire from the meter to the panel has to be in a sheath. It's called service entrance cable. It will have all the conductors you need plus the ground conductor .
Although a DIY installation like this may or may not instantly burst into flames, this work is best done by an electrician. Here's why: - I have never in my life "forgot" that my wire wasn't in conduit until after installed. We don't even touch our wire until the conduit is finished. This is obviously a first time installation attempt. Why are we running conduit in a wall cavity anyway? This is why they make SEU cable. -Unfused service conductors must run the shortest possible distance through the structure to your panel. In other words, the meter socket should be closer to the panel or the service conductors from meter to panel should be ran outdoors. Or you would need a main breaker outside and 4 wires to your indoor MLO, etc. -Also, #6 copper to your ground rods, #4 to your water pipes not the other way around. Please do NOT bond your GEC to the meter can and then to your main breaker panel as well.
What I hate about these "how to" videos....Now there are some people who think you can just run single service conductors loose in the wall. Constantly see stuff like this whether it's because they people are hacks or their videos are awful and incomplete. Either way, if you present your video as a "how to" or "step by step", you have a responsibility to do it right. These type of things open the door to who knows what.....
What I hate about youtube commentators like you is that a week before you said anything another person pointed this out and the creator was straight honest about it, admitted fault, and stated he fixed it the very next day. And then you decided that despite the issue already being taken care of and covered you would come in here running your yapper. 1. The issue was already addressed and fixed. 2. This is not a "how-to" video, it is him documenting what he did and how he did it. So "Fearless Leader at MK Electric", why don't you go back to installing can lights and outlets and think about why you feel the need to denigrate others.
@@BestLittleStudio as creators we have a responsibility to ensure our info is accurate especially when dealung with subject matter that may lead to a death. You can mock me all u want but when this issue comes back to haunt you because someobe got hurt over a few hour edit/ upload dont say that it want vrought to your attention, especially when a search for electrical panel install places this vid on page one.
That meter pan looks like it’s too high did you check local code hopefully the inspector okays it but the electrical company will say It too high and they won’t connect the power
It's too high. Shouldn't be more than 6ft6in from grade to center of meter. Your electricity supplier will have a spec. Those short meter reader girls don't carry a ladder with them.
Ok Electrical Contractor here you should not be following this guy for your electric service the service wire from meter to panel should be in pipe 1-1/2 is what I would use . Your neutral needs to be identified white white tape..
2/0 is rated 83 percent of 200 amps it is an exception to 310.15 for single family homes. Since the 2/0 is already reduced in size the 1/0 neutral would require a load calculation to be code compliant. The grounding electrode conductor must attach to the neutral, neutral termination bar at any accessible location ahead of the main, key word “accessible” once the meter is sealed by the utility… another violation 250.24 where is the raceway (Conduit) between the meter and service panel?
2/0 is rated 83 percent of 200 amps it is an exception to 310.15 for single family homes. Since the 2/0 is already reduced in size the 1/0 neutral would require a load calculation to be code compliant. The grounding electrode conductor must attach to the neutral, neutral termination bar at ant accessible location ahead of the main, key word “accessible” once the meter is sealed by the utility… another violation 250.24 where is the raceway (Conduit) between the meter and service panel.
Nice work. Did the inspector make you identify (mark) your conductors and NoLox your connections?
You are supposed to put white tape or paint on the neutral wire before you install it .
Thank you. Good information for the first time service installer.
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Your welcome
Thanks for sharing. May I ask what kind of weatherproof anchorage did you use to attach the meter box to the brick wall? Thank you
I use stainless steel screws and silicone the threads I had to drill the hearty board with a concrete beat hope this helps
How fo you get away without having s main disconnect underneath or next to your meter,?
why do we need to install ground line on service meter
Hello, is the price of electricity expensive in America, and the hot regions, how are they treated in terms of consumption value compared to regions with less heat and beautiful weather in the summer, thank you.
No it not to expensive but it has went up the last year
@@mountainliving8208 What is the average electricity bill between hot and cold regions? By numbers please. How much is the average monthly worker in the USA? Janitors how much they are monthly. Is it really up to $10,000. Will the electric bill be about $300 or more, thank you. Who is the category that suffers from paying its dues of electricity, gas and water. Thank you
Great video. Thanks.
Does it matter which hot goes on which side?
What were you working off of to knock the lug out of the meter can? Looked like your ac unit, how bad did you scrap the top of your ac unit?
It was and I didn't scratch it
You have to use white tape on the neutral
Yes I you do i didn't have any at the time and should've said that but I didn't thats my bad thank you for you reply please keep them coming
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!!
hey that conduit from meter box into wall did you glue that?
Looks like he screwed it on with the nut
Service wire going to the panel fromm meter should be in conduit you can't run single strand wires in the wall like that
Your right i did put it in conduit the next day I dont know what I was thinking when I ran it I should have shown it on camera sorry but you are right my friend
@@mountainliving8208
I love that you owned the mistake and moved forward, that's how it is done!
@@BestLittleStudio thank you thats all we can do and try
@@mountainliving8208
I wish the previous owner of my house had that attitude.
This place is scary!
SEU from the meter can to the entrance to the home is rotted so badly the neutral is exposed, the previous owner ran SEU in a conduit under concrete out to the garage panel that panel has no shut off which would be fine, except the SEU is connected to the main panel lugs which means it is connected to the incoming service with no way to shut it off other than pulling the meter, and it is running through the floor joists in my basement...
To make matters worse the conduit it is in is a metal conduit and electrically bonded to the metal panel in the garage and the garage panel is an old 3 phase panel that the previous owner used a jumper wire on to make it work.
It is a fubar.
The worst part is I can do the work myself, but my location requires a licensed electrician for the work. So tempting to just do it all, pull the meter and connect up real fast, hide my tracks, and when the power company asks why their smart meter was off I can claim "power went out and I had to run off some meth heads, must have been trying to steal the cable thinking it was copper, but I found the meter and put it back in, feel free to come out and put another lock it".
If only they had installed a darned main cut-off I would not have this issue.
Nice work, even if you did forget to mention the conduit.
You can't do that! The wire from the meter to the panel has to be in a sheath. It's called service entrance cable. It will have all the conductors you need plus the ground conductor
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Wire isn’t in a conduit.
I dont know what I was thinking at the time but I did do it the next day I just didn't video it
Is this guy for real ?
Although a DIY installation like this may or may not instantly burst into flames, this work is best done by an electrician. Here's why:
- I have never in my life "forgot" that my wire wasn't in conduit until after installed. We don't even touch our wire until the conduit is finished. This is obviously a first time installation attempt. Why are we running conduit in a wall cavity anyway? This is why they make SEU cable.
-Unfused service conductors must run the shortest possible distance through the structure to your panel. In other words, the meter socket should be closer to the panel or the service conductors from meter to panel should be ran outdoors. Or you would need a main breaker outside and 4 wires to your indoor MLO, etc.
-Also, #6 copper to your ground rods, #4 to your water pipes not the other way around. Please do NOT bond your GEC to the meter can and then to your main breaker panel as well.
What I hate about these "how to" videos....Now there are some people who think you can just run single service conductors loose in the wall. Constantly see stuff like this whether it's because they people are hacks or their videos are awful and incomplete. Either way, if you present your video as a "how to" or "step by step", you have a responsibility to do it right. These type of things open the door to who knows what.....
What I hate about youtube commentators like you is that a week before you said anything another person pointed this out and the creator was straight honest about it, admitted fault, and stated he fixed it the very next day.
And then you decided that despite the issue already being taken care of and covered you would come in here running your yapper.
1. The issue was already addressed and fixed.
2. This is not a "how-to" video, it is him documenting what he did and how he did it.
So "Fearless Leader at MK Electric", why don't you go back to installing can lights and outlets and think about why you feel the need to denigrate others.
Nani?
@@BestLittleStudio hes correct, the video shpuld b edited to explain correction.
@@organicvids You offering to edit it for free?
Didn't think so.
@@BestLittleStudio as creators we have a responsibility to ensure our info is accurate especially when dealung with subject matter that may lead to a death. You can mock me all u want but when this issue comes back to haunt you because someobe got hurt over a few hour edit/ upload dont say that it want vrought to your attention, especially when a search for electrical panel install places this vid on page one.
That meter pan looks like it’s too high did you check local code hopefully the inspector okays it but the electrical company will say
It too high and they won’t connect the power
It's too high. Shouldn't be more than 6ft6in from grade to center of meter. Your electricity supplier will have a spec. Those short meter reader girls don't carry a ladder with them.
No body cares if things are right anymore. As long as it works. We don't need no stinking codes.
Plyer is not a Hammer 🔨
I work for the place that make the meters 😅
Ok Electrical Contractor here you should not be following this guy for your electric service the service wire from meter to panel should be in pipe 1-1/2 is what I would use . Your neutral needs to be identified white white tape..
It is i didn't show it but I should have
Ah
What wire is he using that moves so freely?
Couldn't tell for sure but he said 2/0, but didn't specify THHW or THHN? Individual and not in a cable.
The neutral should have been marked with white tape and one line should be marked with red tape remember black red blue but you don’t need the blue