In a recent post, (Help with breaker box, please)it was mentioned if the poster needed to replace the main breaker, he would have to pull the meter.I suppose in the USA you have to call the utility for this, but here, I do it mostly myself, because usually the meter's plomb (seal)is missing.One guy (albanian)even replaced the meter's fuse (!!!!)not with another fuse, but he short-circuited it with a piece of wire.Another albanian, did the same to the main fuse of the house (blow type), and after I replaced a receptacle and a short-circuit occcured, the result was that the meter's fuse blew, and I spent f****ng half an hour to open the meter box, because the screws were stuck.And all that because these bloody albanians don't want to pay 60 f****ng cents to buy a new fuse!Sometimes I think I live in the third world or latin america.
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20 years ago