GEC Connected to Neutral Block in the Meter Socket?

[Hv&Lv]

We always land the GEC(s) in the service disconnect. Not sure what you mean by a bare wire?

Around here a lot of the services have a #4 bare GEC. Are you allowed to go through the meter can or do you have to drill an extra hole to get to the rod?(if the service disconnect is inside the building)

 

[Volta]

The 4 power co's here do not allow GEC in the meter socket.

It seems like a seperate GEC up the mast would require a 4 wire drop from the X former ?

No, just a connection between the GEC and both the line and load grounded conductors. Might be the best place to ground the premises system, IMO.

 

[K8MHZ]

GEC to the meter socket is not allowed by Consumers in Michigan.

We have to bring it into the enclosure of the first (main) OCPD where the grounding conductors originate from the grounded conductor.

 

[K8MHZ]

This is from the service requirement book from Consumers Energy:

Proper grounding and bonding of meter sockets and metering equipment is to be completed with no grounding or bonding conductors exiting directly out of meter sockets or metering equipment. Do not route grounding conductor (from disconnect to ground rod) through the meter socket or associated equipment. The meter socket is not be used for a junction box or a raceway for customer?s wiring. No external devices are to be attached directly onto the meter socket for Intersystem Bonding Terminations (IBT).

 

[roger]

This is from the service requirement book from Consumers Energy:

Has anyone ever questioned their reasoning behind this?

Roger

 

[Volta]

For those of you who work in areas where the POCO does not allow a GEC in the meter base (or I assume, a CT cabinet), have you ever be disallowed from terminating that conductor to the 'load end of the service drop'?

 

[hurk27]

Has anyone ever questioned their reasoning behind this?

Roger

We had a similar requirement pop up over night a few years ago and when we dug into who and why it was being required we found that a few inspectors got together with some line men who thought it was a good idea to get the utility to enforce requirements that they themselves could not, well the state didn't think so and it went away real fast, this happened again over using PVC as a riser pipe where it didn't support the drop, again the state made it go away.