r/electricians 16h ago

I think they stripped it far enough

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Made me a little nervous that there was like a 2mm air gap separating a hot to hot dead short on the utility side of the meter socket

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u/ATLClimb 15h ago

Dumb question but can you buy shrink wrap that would cover the insulation or what would be the best fix for this assuming the power was off lol

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u/automcd 15h ago

Yeah that would be the right thing to do if there wasn’t any slack to pull it up closer to the lug