Device and method for providing electric service
AssigneeBasic Resources, Inc.
InventorsMax Hartwell Beasley III, Alfred L. Mayfield
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Abstract
An exemplary device and method for providing electric service are disclosed. The exemplary device may provide construction power during the construction of a facility and permanent power at the facility thereafter. The electric service device, when energized at a construction site, is operable to provide construction power through an electrical outlet at the device during construction of the facility and to provide metered or unmetered permanent power at the facility thereafter.
Claims19
A device to provide electric service to a construction site, the device comprising:
- a meter receptacle having a supply side and a load side, the meter receptacle operable to electrically connect between a power source at the supply side and a facility at the load side, the meter receptacle operable to receive a meter to measure the electrical energy provided by the power source through the meter receptacle;
- a switch electrically connected to the meter receptacle, the switch being operable to position in at least a construction power position and a permanent power position, the switch being operable to disconnect the electrical connection between the facility and the meter receptacle while in the construction power position, and the switch being operable to electrically connect the facility and the meter receptacle while in the permanent power position;
- one or more electrical outlets operable to electrically connect to the power source at least when the switch is in the construction power position;
- a housing containing at least a portion of the device;
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- a window provided in the housing.
A device to provide electric service to a construction site, the device comprising:
- a meter receptacle having a supply side and a load side, the meter receptacle operable to electrically connect between a power source at the supply side and a facility at the load side, the meter receptacle operable to receive a meter to measure the electrical energy provided by the power source through the meter receptacle;
- a switch electrically connected to the meter receptacle, the switch being operable to position in at least a construction power position and a permanent power position, the switch being operable to disconnect the electrical connection between the facility and the power source while in the construction power position, and the switch being operable to electrically connect the facility and the power source while in the permanent power position;
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- one or more electrical outlets operable to electrically connect to the power source at least when the switch is in the construction power position.
A method for providing construction power during the construction of a facility and providing permanent power at the facility thereafter, the method comprising:
- installing a device at a construction site that, when energized, is operable to provide construction power through an electrical outlet at the device during construction of the facility and to provide metered permanent power at the facility thereafter;
- obtaining inspection approval of the installation of the device;
- locking the device to provide construction power when energized;
- metering the device to measure energy consumption of metered permanent power;
- energizing the device to provide construction power at the construction site;
- obtaining inspection approval of the facility;
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- unlocking the device to provide metered permanent power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.