On Wednesday 23 December 2015 19:25:40 John Hasler wrote: > 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.
Which all boils down to "when in Rome..." ;-) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>