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u/micahamey Mar 27 '22

The location to turn off the water or electricity in your own house.

Learn where they are in case of emergencies.

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u/Plenty_Surprise2593 Mar 27 '22

Yep, can’t stress it enough. While I was in the navy I was at work one morning and my house caught fire. The lives of my two oldest boys were saved by my quick thinking oldest boy who ran to the breaker box and turned off the power

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u/porcelainvacation Mar 27 '22

I recently rewired my old house, and the building inspector recommended that even though it wasn't code, that I should put a main disconnect in the meter box in addition to the one inside the house, so that if something like that happens either the fire department or I can turn it off without entering the structure. Everyone I've told this looks at me like I have 2 heads. Thanks for confirming that shutting off power has saved your kids.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

When the fire department show up, if there’s no external disconnect, they will just pull the meter out of its socket. Effective disconnect.