Service equipment

Service equipment- Main control gear at the service entrance, such as circuit breakers, switches, and fuses.
Service lateral- Underground power supply line.

Service Equipment
The necessary equipment, usually consisting of circuit breaker or switch and fuses, and their accessories, intended to constitute the main control and means of cutoff for the electrical supply to a building or structure.

Bonding of Service Equipment
Noncurrent-carrying metal parts and equipment, such as the panel, service cable, armor or sheath, equipment enclosures, meter boxes, ...

Technicians should be certified to service equipment containing refrigerants. It is illegal to intentionally vent (release) any refrigerant when making repairs. Therefore, technicians are required to use refrigerant recovery equipment during service.

Electricity enters your home through the power company's service equipment, which is simply a disconnect device mounted in an approved enclosure. It's used to disconnect the service from the interior wiring system.

Surge protection for the data lines that are connected to the telephone service equipment equipment is essential.
To ensure complete protection for your equipment, home, or business, it is important to protect AC power lines as well.

Retrofit
An item that replaces components originally installed on equipment; a modification to in-service equipment.
Reuse
To use products, such as glass bottles or shipping crates, repeatedly in the same form.

P-100, Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service, GSA
International Building Code
UFC 3-190-07N Food Service Equipment Operation and Maintenance
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Service Entrance Conductors:
the conductors on the customer's premises the convey power to the service equipment.

Service Conductor
In electrical contracting, the supply conductors that extend from the street main or from the transformer to the service equipment.

See also: Light, Device, Building, Water, Construction