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Service Installation

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Summary

This 60-minute DVD explains how to make single-phase and three-phase service connections. It demonstrates how to make residential service connections from underground and from overhead services. Also shows how to make three-phase connections, how to install a parallel service, and how to replace a three-phase service without interrupting the customer.

Training Sessions

  • Service Connectors – 6 minutes Identifies common service connector hardware.
  • Making Service Connections – 9 minutes For given applications, selects an appropriate service connector and, if needed, the appropriate die and compression tool. Describes four basic steps for making a service connection.

  • Overhead Residential Service Installation – 8 minutes Describes how to hang a single-phase service at a residential weatherhead. Shows how to connect a residential service at a weatherhead. Describes how to pull a single-phase service and connect it to a secondary main.
  • Underground Residential Service Installation – 12 minutes Describes how to connect a single-phase underground service at a meter box. Describes how to connect a single-phase service at a pad-mounted transformer.
  • Backfeed, Short, and Jumper Tests – 8 minutes Explains the importance of testing for backfeed, phase-to-ground shorts, and jumpers, and demonstrates how to test for these conditions.

  • Three-Phase Service Installation – 6 minutes Describes how to install a three-phase service.

  • Three-Phase Service Replacement – 9 minutes Describes how to replace a three-phase service without interrupting service to the customer.

Support Materials Available

Student workbook, instructor guide.