Wall Mounted Electric Meter Box Installation Guide

A hole will be drilled through the wall to allow a length of armoured cable to be fed through.

Wall mounted electric meter box installation guide.

American electric power company meter and service guide 4 figure 14. There are four screws on each of the box s corners. Secure the box to the wall according to manufacturer recommendations. This type of installation will cause the meter box to protrude out quite a bit approximately 250mm so be certain that the installation of this surface mounted meter box won t cause any unnecessary obstruction or be placed in such an area.

480v delta or 277 480v wye 200 amp below service self contained metering with meter disconnect figure 16. Use the electrical drill to secure the box to the wall. The electric meter measures the amount of electricity that is used by your home or business which tracks it by a rate of kilowatts per hour as is the electric companies billing unit of measurement. A surface mounted meter box is installed on a suitable and accessible outside property boundary wall.

Meter installation from pad mount transformer usi ng bushing type ct s figure 14b. Insert the meter box into the riser pipe then secure it with a connector and a locknut of the same size as the pipe used. Installing a new electric meter box is not the most difficult electrical element to replace but it needs to be done with extreme diligence since the risk of electrocution is always a possibility. Meter a device for measuring the electric power and energy supplied to a customer.

Meter sockets a meter socket is the base portion of a socket type meter. Meter installation from pad mount transformer w vt pack 480v figure 15.