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so upgrading your electrical service is a big project and it should not be done by a homeowner needs to be done by a licensed electrician so what I've done is called the utility company and I've had them come in and disconnect their wires from your home where they tie in and energize your home okay so that's why they look like they've been cut that's correct each one of these wires carries 120 volts to your house and we can reuse them so there's no power to the house right now that's correct I have a portable generator that I've hooked up which will allow me to run some lights and some small power tools while I upgrade your service okay power company owns this glass meter and also the wires coming in from the street everything else is your responsibility as the homeowner which is this cable providing power to this metal enclosure here which holds the meter called a meter socket now with