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SERVICE ENTRANCE
• Service entrance, as the name implies, is where the
wires connected to the load side of the meter enter
the house or building. The service entrance in a
residence is commonly thought of as a breaker or
fuse box.
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ENTRANCE CAPS ARE AN
OVERHEAD WEATHERPROOF
SERVICE ENTRY DROP POINT THAT
IS ATTACHED TO EMT, RIGID, OR
IMC CONDUIT, WHERE OVERHEAD
POWER WIRES ENTER A BUILDING
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• RIGID METAL CONDUIT (RMC). A THREDABLE
RACEWAY OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION
DESIGNED FOR THE PHYSICAL PROTECTION
AND ROUTING OF CONDUCTORS AND CABLES
AND FOR USE AS AN EQUIPMENT GROUNDING
CONDUCTOR WHEN INSTALLED WITH ITS
INTEGRAL OR ASSOCIATED COUPLING AND
APPROPRIATE FITTINGS
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• A METER BASE IS AN ENCLOSURE
THAT PROTECTS AN ELECTRIC
METER FROM THE ELEMENTS,
KEEPING WIRES AND
ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS DRY
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• SERVICE EQUIPMENT - THE NECESSARY
EQUIPMENT, USUALLY CONSISTING OF A CIRCUIT
BREAKER(S) OR SWITCH(ES) AND FUSE(S) AND
THEIR ACCESSORIES, CONNECTED TO THE LOAD
END OF SERVICE CONDUCTORS TO A BUILDING OR
OTHER STRUCTURE, OR AN OTHERWISE
DESIGNATED AREA, AND INTENDED TO
CONSTITUTE THE MAIN CONTROL AND CUTOFF OF
THE SUPPLY
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• U CLAMP ARE USED TO HOLD

METAL CONDUIT IN PLACE
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• COPPER CLAD STEEL IS STEEL COVERED IN
COPPER. THIS ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR IS
QUITE PROMINENT IN THE COPPER WIRE
INDUSTRY BECAUSE IT COMBINES THE HIGH
TENSILE STRENGTH OF STEEL WITH
CORROSION RESISTANCE AND
CONDUCTIVITY OF COPPER
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• GROUND RODS, ALSO KNOWN AS GROUNDING
ELECTRODES, ARE USED TO CONNECT THE
GROUNDING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL
SYSTEMS TO EARTH GROUND. GROUND RODS
CAN BE MADE WITH MANY DIFFERENT
MATERIALS, BUT COPPER IS THE MOST
COMMON MATERIAL USED FOR RESIDENTIAL
INSTALLATIONS.
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• A CONDUCTOR WIRE WHERE

ELECTRICITY CAN FLOW
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• GROUND CLAMPS ARE USED TO

CONNECT COPPER GROUND WIRE
TO A WATER PIPE, COPPER
TUBING OR GROUND RODS.
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• CERAMIC AND PORCELAIN INSULATORS

ARE DESIGNED TO HOLD ELECTRIFIED
WIRE NEAR FENCE POSTS WITHOUT
LOSING ENERGY THROUGH THE POST
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