B-Line 173 HSHDB Eaton series horizontal meter pack, 100 A, 225 A, Ring type, 3R, Overhead/underground, ANSI 61 gray paint, #6 - 250 MCM, #14 - 2/0, Galvanized steel, Surface mount, 4, 3, 3

The 173 HSHDB horizontal meter pack carries 3 meter positions. Each socket is a 4-jaw, 3-wire arrangement rated 100 A per position. That 4-jaw/3-wire configuration is what a single-phase 120/240 V residential or small commercial tenant meter uses, so it suits a 3-unit building where each tenant gets its own 100 A meter.

Yes. It is a 3R enclosure, which means it is rain, sleet and snow resistant for outdoor use, and it is surface mount, so it bolts flat to an exterior wall or backboard. The shell is galvanized steel finished in ANSI 61 gray paint. A 3R rating is not dust-tight or washdown rated, so keep it out of locations subject to hose-down or heavy airborne debris.

Plan for a run of 36 inches wide by 12 inches high, with 4.63 inches of depth off the wall. It is a horizontal pack, so the three positions sit side by side rather than stacked, which is the layout to use when you have wall width but limited height above grade. Unit weight is 31 lb, so two people and appropriate wall anchors are the practical call.

Line side lugs take #6 through 250 MCM, so a 225 A main feeder in copper or aluminum lands directly without a splice or reducer. Load side lugs are smaller, #14 through 2/0, which covers the tenant branch runs off each 100 A position. If your tenant conductors are larger than 2/0, they will not terminate here.

The 173 HSHDB uses a ring type cover. Utilities specify one or the other, and they are not interchangeable in the field, so confirm your serving utility's meter socket requirement before ordering. If their spec calls for ringless, this pack will not be accepted.

No. Bypass is listed as none on the 173 HSHDB. If your utility requires a lever or horn bypass so a meter can be pulled without dropping the tenant's load, you need a bypass-equipped meter pack instead. This one has no provision to add it.

Either. The feed type is overhead/underground, so the same pack can be fed from a service drop above or from a lateral coming up from below. That matters on retrofits where you are converting an overhead service to underground and want to keep one part number across the property.

The pack is built around a 225 A main with 100 A per meter position. A 200 A service feeder is within that 225 A capability, and the line lugs accept up to 250 MCM to land it. Three 100 A tenant positions add to more than the 225 A bus, which is normal for a meter pack sized on calculated rather than connected load.

Order Eaton B-Line model 173 HSHDB. It is a single configuration, no finish or size options to select: 3 positions, 4 jaw, 3 wire, ring type, 3R, ANSI 61 gray.