Another Question for electricians...

[ultrarunner]

Somehow, they've managed to fight fires all these years without a switch to turn off the power from the outside. Now, all of a sudden, it's essential.

It’s like so many code changes… Ive lived in knob and tube, no ground, no GFCI, no Arc Fault and no circuit breaker homes and survived and the value of the home went from the 50k I paid in the 1980’s to 500k when I sold it… heck… still had the original 1920 high leg stove and single pane double hung windows… all brought back to as new condition.

I get a kick out of home inspector reports on older homes… page after page of non conforming features when viewed through today’s code.

Very few grandfathered elements are in fact banned and in my city banned items include wood sinks and gas lighting…

Nothing about non tempered glass making the door now banned or two prong outlets forcing replacement or a lead bend toilet connection…

 

[Oaktree]

Are Meters Locked down with steel ring and keyed lock typical where you are.

The days of just a lead seal or snap plastic seal have been superseded with armor.

Not around here, or at least not when I upgraded my service in the late 00s. Just the little snap seal you could cut with a pair of dykes.

 

[Runner]

Having a required exterior disconnect isnt deep state conspiracy.

If everyone thought it was a great idea, it wouldn't have taken 20 years to get it into the code.