JWelectric
Electrical Contractor/Instructor
The neutral is bonded to the meter pan so no other bonding is required. The bare copper you installed is connected to the GEC and to the panel where the neutral is also bonded which means that both conductors will carry the returning current. The metal nipple will do the same thing. I never use metal between the meter and the service disconnect.Not to argue, but to learn: What is paralleled there? The grounding conductor from the panel would/should have gone into the meter socket and connected with that same wire anyway.
My question is does that sticker mean that the service change passed inspection or does it mean that the entire electrical job passed inspection.The inspector's sticker on the meter socket says "Code Compliant Electrical Inspection", but I do understand that does not automatically mean everything is said-and-done in relation to insurance coverage and/or liability.!
Did the inspector go into your house and work shop and inspect all the work being done or did he just look at the service?
The inspection we got was little more than a drive-by, .