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Originally Posted By: Matthew Metzger
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Underground service entrance. At the entrance point this box appears, is it a junction box or what is it for? Thanks Matt





Originally Posted By: jpope
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It appears that this is where the lateral connects to the service entrance conductors.



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Originally Posted By: Matthew Metzger
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Oh ok, whats it called? So does the utility own up to the box and homeowner after the box? Thanks Matt


Originally Posted By: jpope
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It looks like a simple junction box. If this is from your other post with the main and meter in the alley, then it’s likely to be the responsibility of the home owner as it is well past the meter (where utility responsibility usually ends).



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Originally Posted By: Matthew Metzger
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Yepper same house. Ok the divider is the meter in all applications?


Originally Posted By: Brian A. Goodman
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It looks like a junction box, but given your description of the set-up (the long distance between panels) this is probably what the local sparkys would call a “pull box”. It may be there just as a place to pull wires in before actually going father on to the panel.


Originally Posted By: rmoore
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Matthew Metzger wrote:
Yepper same house. Ok the divider is the meter in all applications?


With an overhead service drop it's normally the "service point", the attachment between the utility company's service drop and the service entrance conductors just before they enter the weatherhead.

With underground laterals, it's not so clear but, yes, anything after the meter is usually the homeowner's.


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Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell
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It may simply be a way to get the offset from the raceway coming out of the floor over to the framing that supports the raceway.