Brand new construction

[lkage (Larry Kage, CMI)]

@lmorrison

No Way. I could see it was within 1/4 inch of contacting the live buses. I was not even going to put the dead face back on. I called the City Power Supplier and they had a guy out there within about 10 minutes. We had quite the conversation. (I asked him if that looked as scary to him as it did to me?) As I watched him, he also took some pictures of it and then he took the ring off the actual meter. He gingerly rocked the meter back and forth to remove it. and then took the ring out and replaced the meter. I got one more picture inside the panel sans ring and then he put the panel cover back on. The City Electrician/lineman was surprised it didn’t short when they placed the meter because he said they normally “Slam them in quick” to minimize arching

Smart man, Larry!