Electric Meter Diagram

Electrical meter boxes can be installed outdoors or indoors.

Electric meter diagram. Inside a standard household electric meter box there is a center neutral bus bar with wire connection lugs at each and two hot bus bars each with wire connections lugs at each end. Meter sockets a meter socket is the base portion of a socket type meter. 480v delta or 277 480v wye 200 amp below service self contained metering with meter disconnect figure 16. Meter installation from pad mount transformer w vt pack 480v figure 15.

3 phase electricity meter wiring diagram wiring diagram is a simplified usual pictorial representation of an electrical circuit it shows the components of the circuit as simplified shapes and the facility and signal contacts in the middle of the devices. Meter wiring diagrams provided by tesco ansi meter wiring diagrams the great lakes electric meter school glems began in 1989 with a committee composed of members of electric utilities electric utility manufacturers and experts in the utility field. Meter installation from pad mount transformer usi ng bushing type ct s figure 14b. Meter enclosure a wood or metal cabinet or metal socket installed indoors or outdoors in which the company s metering equipment is located.

Meter a device for measuring the electric power and energy supplied to a customer. There is also a connection lug for the grounding wire which is bonded to the center neutral bus bar. Before starting the installation there are some steps that have to be followed.