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A close shot of an older General Electric watt-hour electric meter that measures electricity consumption using kilowatt-hours

Why Did My Electric Bill Go Up

An older electric meter and fuse box located inside a basement adjacent to the foundation wall. The armored grounding electrode conductor is coming out of the bottom of the meter socket.

Basement Electric Meter

Rusted four-gang electric meter socket base

Four Gang Meter Socket Replacement Video

The exterior of an unfinished patio that will be converted to indoor living space. The red arrow indicates where the existing electrical panel is located inside the closet.

Replace Townhouse Electrical Panel

A main electric disconnect switch connected to nine electric meters attached to the side of a residential building. The disconnect switch is labeled Emergency Disconnect, Service Disconnect, Meter Disconnect.

Emergency Disconnect Sticker

Two old basement electrical sub-panels, one of which is fed from the other

Replace a Sub-Panel

The spines of a few National Electrical Code books

Free National Electrical Code

Ground rod with acorn clamp and wire

Grounding Electrode System

Two concentric knockouts ready for removal

Remove Concentric Knockouts

Rust inside of old four gang electric meter base

4-Gang Electrical Meter Socket

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