This Old House, Heath installs a generator transfer panel , has the meter pulled?

[The Cobbler]

Electrician Heath installs a generator transfer panel & he had the meter pulled .He's not touching the main breaker or anything ahead of it. all he's doing is rewiring some breakers basically.
what they do for TV ... the way I see it .

 

[wyliesdiesels]

sounds like a transfer panel not a transfer switch

 

[The Cobbler]

the panel had multiple switches that you flip individually to change circuits to generator

 

[wyliesdiesels]

yeah thats a transfer panel not switch.

 

[The Cobbler]

yeah thats a transfer panel not switch.

fixed title & post

 

[wyliesdiesels]

kinda silly to pull the meter when it only involves branch circuits

 

[WillyBoy]

I suspect the producers are thinking ahead for liability when some viewer tries it on their own without having the meter pulled and smokes the panel and themselves. Everything is liability driven.

 

[Innovate1]

Just watched that last night and wondered why they pulled the meter - I think liability is probably the answer. They presented both options to the home owner - breaker interlock and transfer panel.

 

[75gmck25]

I also found it interesting that nobody commented on how rusty and generally worn out the meter housing was. Wouldn't that be the time to think about having the utility company or electrician replace it?

 

[imagineer]

I also found it interesting that nobody commented on how rusty and generally worn out the meter housing was. Wouldn't that be the time to think about having the utility company or electrician replace it?

When I installed my 24kW Generac last year, the bottom of the meter box was partially rusted out, and the weathertight fitting (if that's what it's called) had pulled out of the box.

The inspector said all I needed to do was make a new floor plate for the box that would provide something for the fitting to clamp against. I used a piece of 18ga steel and riveted it place.

 

[WillyBoy]

I also found it interesting that nobody commented on how rusty and generally worn out the meter housing was.

Yeah, that box was sad looking. That would drive me nuts. Probably outside the scope of that segment of the show and not something they wanted to highlight or even address.