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Posted by KDM1978 on October 24, 2006, 8:35 pm
I'm a licensed electrician. Call a professional to do this repair. When
dealing with a service entrance, there is not a disconnect to protect you. I
have repaired problems like yours and the only way I would do it, would be to
have the electric company kill the power at the transformer. I have
disconnected the feed lines hot before, but it's dangerous and not a good
idea for a damaged service or if your not a skilled professional who has
experience.
John E. wrote:
>The weatherhead was yanked off the service entrance conduit extending from
>the roof by a fallen branch. The ground / neutral conductor of the power drop
>broke a few strands, and the strain relief / insulator for the ground /
>neutral cable is broken.
>
>I'm going to do this myself. I called the power company to ask about how the
>disconnect/reconnect happens during the repair. The guy tried to answer my
>question but ultimately didn't.
>
>I want to replace the broken items and the conductors that go to the load
>panel. I want to keep the load panel, old as it is, and all other salvageable
>components because in the spring the house is going to be bulldozed to make
>way for a new home, and it's not worth it to replace it.
>
>The power guy said that power isn't turned off, per se, but that it is
>disconnected from the old conductors and connected to the new ones by the
>power company crew. I said that I didn't understand how this could be the
>case if I want to replace the conductors in the conduit, but we couldn't seem
>to get to where he understood what I was asking.
>
>How is power disconnect / reconnect handled if one is replacing the
>conductors, and not installing a new load panel / conduit, etc. From my phone
>call experience, it seems like the power company hardly comes across a repair
>question such as this.
>
>This is in Maryland.
>
>Thanks,
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