B-Line Eaton series CT meter socket and enclosure combo, 20 A, Ring type door /cover, Overhead and Underground, ANSI 61 gray painted finish, #14-#10 l

Yes. The B-Line 122018 CT cabinet and meter socket combo is built for overhead or underground feed, so the same unit works whether the service drop comes down from a weatherhead or up from a lateral. Its NEMA Type 3R rating means it is suited to outdoor, rain-exposed mounting.

Plan for a surface-mounted enclosure measuring 42 in high, 36 in wide and 11 in deep. It weighs 160 lb, so it is a two-person lift at minimum and most crews set it with a lift or strut-and-hoist on the pad or wall before landing conductors.

It is an 8-jaw, single-position socket. Eight jaws is the arrangement used for transformer-rated (CT) metering, and with one position it serves a single metered service, not a multi-tenant bank. If you are metering several tenants from one point, you need a multi-position socket instead.

The 20 A rating is the socket and instrument-transformer secondary rating, not the service size. In a CT metering setup the current transformers carry the service current and feed a low-current secondary to the meter, which is why the socket itself is rated 20 A. The line and load lug size of #14 to #10 confirms it lands small secondary conductors, not service entrance cable.

It is a ring type door and cover. Utilities specify either ring or ringless style and they are not interchangeable, so check the sealing requirement your serving utility publishes before ordering. If their spec calls for ringless, this unit will not pass inspection.

The line and load lugs take #14 through #10 conductors. That covers the usual CT secondary leads run from the current transformers to the meter. Anything larger will not seat, so size your secondary wiring accordingly.

The enclosure is galvanized steel finished in ANSI 61 gray paint and rated NEMA Type 3R, which covers rain, sleet and outdoor weather on a normal exterior wall or pad. Type 3R is not a hosedown or washdown rating, so for pressure-wash areas or heavy corrosive exposure you want a 4X stainless or non-metallic enclosure instead.

Yes, a removable test switch perch is included, so the utility can mount a test switch for meter verification without you fabricating a bracket. It comes out if the utility does not want it.

Yes, the 122018 combination CT cabinet and meter socket carries a UL certification, which is what most utility and inspection departments require before they will energize the service.

One unit. The 122018 is a combination CT cabinet and meter socket in a single galvanized steel enclosure, so the current transformers and the metering socket land in the same box on the same surface-mounted footprint. No separate CT can is required.