I run a business flipping houses and remodeling rental properties. I was talking to the owner of the electrical supply house in our county yesterday and he told me they sold the last 200 amp meter base they had in stock the day before. They were probably one of the last stores in Tennessee that had any in stock. You can't build a house without one.
He also told me our power company has been removing transformers that are feeding barns or workshops. They don't have any spares to fix broken transformers in residential areas so they are stealing them from places that affect the fewest people. They haven't received any new transformers in several months.
The areas affected by the tornados last week are calling utility companies everywhere trying to find transformers and poles to repair the damage but there are very many spares left. He said if that storm had hit our county, he didn't think we would have the parts to get the power turned back on any time soon.
Crazy times ahead.
Alright, please answer this for someone who just flips the switch to get the light. Are you basically talking about the big breaker boxes? Is that what/where the 200 amp meter base is located? And that supplies power to the entire house, right? So what was the guy's explanation? Are they all just floating in those ships off California or has there been a concerted effort to stop production? Because this could bring a complete stand still to a lot of industries ..
The meter plugs into the meter base and that supplies the power to the house.
Oh, okay. So not the circuit breaker box. Got ya. This is pretty concerning news. Thanks.
The breakers inside your house are getting really difficult to find too. So are the pluming and electrical components made from pvc, like electrical boxes inside the walls.
I had to go to three stores to find some PVC pipe over the summer. I ended up finding it in a tiny, small town hardware store.
What do you think is going on?