Electrical Ground Meter

Strip a half inch of insulation off the other end of the no.

Electrical ground meter.

Place it under the lug on the ground rod clamp. There is also a connection lug for the grounding wire which is bonded to the center neutral bus bar. Browse our top selling 1623 2 geo earth ground resistance meter 1625 2 geo earth ground tester and the 1630 ground resistance meter today. 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.

Years of field research combined with extensive input from electricians across america inspired the development of meters and electrical testers loaded with innovative time saving features. The cast meter socket has a built in grounding means connecting the neutral conductor to the socket base. Tighten the ground rod lug securely on the wire thus completing the ground circuit all the way to the panel box through the meter base and increasing protection from lightning. Grounding system jumper wire around the water meter.

Anatomy of an electric meter. The meter socket the nipple and the service equipment enclosure are required by 250 92 a 1 and 2 to be grounded through the methods in 250 92 b including bonding to the grounded conductor of the service.