[RE-wrenches] Meter base minimum conductor size

[Louis Woofenden]

Hi Carl,

We use Cooper B-Line meter bases for this application. The 100A meter 
base terminals are good from #14AWG to 2/0AWG. Check out
<http://cooperbline.com/product/PDFLibrary/metermountingequipment/index.htm>, 
click on "Single Meter Sockets -- Without Bypass," on the left, then 
click on "100 Amp Self-Contained."

We sometimes have to special order these, but they aren't too pricey, as 
far as I recall.

Best,
Louis Woofenden

Net Zero Solar
Tucson, AZ

On 2/9/11 5:23 PM, Carl Adams wrote:
> We often use a conventional 100A meter base and analog meter as an
> independent metering system for inverter output.  These meters
> typically have a minimum conductor size of #6 AWG.  For smaller
> systems the inverter output conductors are smaller than #6 AWG...