Gene H writes: > Here in Wv, jumper cables across the meter socket have been a problem, > so a broken seal on the meters retaining ring is a felony. Its also a > felony in several other states I have lived and worked in.
Well, sure. When I rewired the farm with buried cable and put in the new service and meter socket the Excel guys who plowed in the underground drop plugged in the new meter and put on a seal. This was all coordinated with the re-routing of their feeder from across my farm to along the road. Breaking the seal is not, in and of itself, a crime here, though. Jumpering the meter is theft, of course. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA