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Originally Posted by DoubleO7
WOW, you are lucky they are so lenient.
Last summer we had a hurricane knockout power.
I pulled the meter AND the 200amp breaker downstream.
Then hooked up my generator.
Power crew drives by looking for damage to fix before powering up the neighborhood. They see the empty meter box and boss man has a conniption fit.
He said the penalty is they disconnect your service at the fuse on transformer. Then you have to go to the county and go thru the entire permitting process as if it were new construction.
Plus pay a fine to the power company to reconnect, all of which might take a month.
Anyways, after I pointed out that I had doubled the safety factor by pulling the meter and the main breaker, they decided to let it slide and we had power back about 30 minutes later.
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Jeez. You know though, so much of the time it depends on who the guy is. We've all ran into inspectors, city council members, HOA boards..... cops, who get a hard-on for something stupid. Even when common sense should take precedent, like what you did. I mean, you were only looking out for the power people's well being, and safety. A "duh" moment in my opinion.