TwoLeftHands
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- San Jose CA
I have a really stupid question. I do commercial and industrial work with modern gear so I don't see this much but we've got a couple older buildings now.
I have a 45 year old 1970 Murray meter/main box. I need to look inside the main box but the deadfront seems very loose and flimsy to me - like it could fall inward. I can't grab it enough to pull it outward. Is this normal? Or am I stupid and they just swing open from the bottom? I've always worked with screw-on deadfronts but so I'm confused and I don't want to pull the meter off unless I have to and have everything I need planned so the downtime is minimal. I figured someone here who works on houses would know.
I have a 45 year old 1970 Murray meter/main box. I need to look inside the main box but the deadfront seems very loose and flimsy to me - like it could fall inward. I can't grab it enough to pull it outward. Is this normal? Or am I stupid and they just swing open from the bottom? I've always worked with screw-on deadfronts but so I'm confused and I don't want to pull the meter off unless I have to and have everything I need planned so the downtime is minimal. I figured someone here who works on houses would know.