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iknow_t join:2012-05-03	iknow_t to mattmag Member 2013-Nov-20 12:57 am to mattmag Re: [Electrical] Allowed Distance From Meter to Main Panel? said by mattmag: I'm not trying to be difficult, but my very own neighbor just down the lane has a CT on his residential service. It's mounted up on the pole and has a very small cable running down the pole to a conventional-looking meter in a socket base with no other enclosure. I think its safe to say that the meter could be pulled with no adverse effect on the flow of electricity into the house. So yes, they do exist. Not common, but not unheard of. he probably had a commercial business there at one time. maybe the previous owner.. if your house don't have it, this makes the assumption more viable. WHY would a CT be needed at a residential home??. my POCO has millions of customers, residential homes do not have CT's..
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54067323 (banned) join:2012-09-25 Tuscaloosa, AL	54067323 (banned) Member 2013-Nov-20 6:14 am said by iknow_t: WHY would a CT be needed at a residential home??. my POCO has millions of customers, residential homes do not have CT's.. The two most common reasons are to remote the meter from the prem and or the service exceeds what a 3C can handle. The bottom line is they do exist and as such thinking pulling the meter de-energizes the prem is both foolish and could be deadly.
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telco_mtl join:2012-01-06	telco_mtl Member 2013-Nov-20 8:38 am said by 54067323: said by iknow_t: WHY would a CT be needed at a residential home??. my POCO has millions of customers, residential homes do not have CT's.. The two most common reasons are to remote the meter from the prem and or the service exceeds what a 3C can handle. The bottom line is they do exist and as such thinking pulling the meter de-energizes the prem is both foolish and could be deadly. exactly and like i said before with all the 400amp all electric mc mansions pooping up in montreals suburbs, some towns they are the norm and not the exception!
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mattmag join:2000-04-09 NW Illinois	mattmag to iknow_t 2013-Nov-20 2:34 pm to iknow_t said by iknow_t: he probably had a commercial business there at one time. maybe the previous owner.. if your house don't have it, this makes the assumption more viable. WHY would a CT be needed at a residential home??. my POCO has millions of customers, residential homes do not have CT's.. Your assumptions are just that. In any case, there was certainly no commercial business there, ever. It is the original farmhouse for the land we are on, and it was always a residence. What I do know is the local power company here had a big push for some years to convert homes to all-electric heat, and that was one of them, and it has at large service. It is possible they didn't want to run all that through meter lugs for some reason, and they decided to use the remote meter. My point is, they do exist.
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UHF All static, all day, Forever MVM join:2002-05-24	UHF to iknow_t MVM 2013-Nov-20 4:23 pm to iknow_t said by iknow_t: WHY would a CT be needed at a residential home?? Many house near me that were built in the 60s and earlier have the meter indoors, in a garage or basement. A CT would allow the meter to be remoted.
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OldCableGuy @communications.net	OldCableGuy to mattmag Anon 2013-Nov-21 7:57 am to mattmag I like how you argue it's not a business then say FARM. Yes, farms are businesses and not usually residential service.
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mattmag join:2000-04-09 NW Illinois	mattmag 2013-Nov-21 11:15 am said by OldCableGuy : I like how you argue it's not a business then say FARM. Yes, farms are businesses and not usually residential service. I like how you try to pull stuff out of of thin air. It is an OLD FARMHOUSE. There is no longer a FARM and it is in the CITY LIMITS and the upgraded service is fairly new. I may be stupid, but I'm not dumb.
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