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Electrical Meter on Street Light Pole jimmy135 03-08-2008
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Posted by on March 8, 2008, 7:03 pm
Every house has an electrical meter. So why did the electric company
install one on a light pole?

Posted by John McGaw on March 8, 2008, 7:19 pm
jimmy135@nvtel.net wrote:
> Every house has an electrical meter. So why did the electric company
> install one on a light pole?

Most of the time I see them they are monitoring the power consumed by cable
television distribution equipment.

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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
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Posted by Pete C. on March 8, 2008, 9:23 pm
John McGaw wrote:
>
> jimmy135@nvtel.net wrote:
> > Every house has an electrical meter. So why did the electric company
> > install one on a light pole?
>
> Most of the time I see them they are monitoring the power consumed by cable
> television distribution equipment.

CATV power supplies, or sometimes feeding traffic signal controls,
possibly sewer pumping stations.

Posted by HeyBub on March 8, 2008, 8:31 pm
jimmy135@nvtel.net wrote:
> Every house has an electrical meter. So why did the electric company
> install one on a light pole?

Why would they bother to put up a meter, read it, and send a bill for a
constant load?

Both the city and the power company know how much power a street light uses.
The power company charges the city an annual fee per street light.



Posted by Pat on March 8, 2008, 10:22 pm
On Mar 8, 7:03=A0pm, jimmy...@nvtel.net wrote:
> Every house has an electrical meter. So why did the electric company
> install one on a light pole?

On a rare occasion, if the site is at the border of two electric
companies that have a large price differential, a consumer might do
that to put the point of service (the meter) inside of one territory
and then a line into the house (or whatever) that in the other
territory. But it's pretty rare.

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