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Wiring Diagrams Overhead Service on Meter Pole

Overhead Service on Meter Pole

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Entrance Location

No meter base or entrance should be installed before a KV REMC engineer has checked the proposed location.

Mobile homes require an electrician to install 4 wires from pole to home. Use #6 copper for the 4th wire and ground to frame.

Diagram of overhead service on meter pole. 30-foot treated pole to be installed by member. Member is responsible for maintaining the pole for the life of the service. Failure to do so may result in disconnect. Weather head wired with #2 copper for 100 amp service and #2/0 copper or #4/0 aluminum for 200 amp service. Leave 24 inches of wire out of the weather head with natural marked for REMC to attach to. Conduit or service cable straps installed as required. 3 #2 aluminum for 100 amp and 3 #2/0 copper for 3 #4/0 aluminum for 200 amp. 2-inch galvanized or Gray Schedule 40 PVC conduit may be used from meter base up to weather head. Meter base (furnished by KV REMC) installed 5 feet above finished grade by electrician. Weatherproof busings and locknuts at all connections. Weatherproof 100 or 200 amp main disconnect at meter base. Ground wire shall be in ½-inch conduit up to meter base using #4 copper as the conductor. Ground clamps at grade level attached to 2 ⅝-inch by 10-foot ground rods 6 feet apart. Pole set 5.5 feet in ground.