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    The house I rented in Boulder had it on the outside, girlfriends house in Evergreen has it outside and my sisters brand new home (in 2000) in Highlands Ranch had it on the outside. I'm also from the midwest and I work in home construction, never saw a box outdoors until I moved here.

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    Our supply / box is 50' inside the perimeter. What is everyone concerned about, you do have a flashlight next to or on a home defense firearm, YES? Or did Being able to ID a threat get lost among the rest of one's safety plans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
    Our supply / box is 50' inside the perimeter. What is everyone concerned about, you do have a flashlight next to or on a home defense firearm, YES? Or did Being able to ID a threat get lost among the rest of one's safety plans.[?]
    Work's great when one is at home...not so great when one is not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by james_bond_007 View Post
    Work's great when one is at home...not so great when one is not.
    If one is not home, one does not know there is no power. Till you come hone in weather like this and it's colder inside than out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
    If one is not home, one does not know there is no power. Till you come hone in weather like this and it's colder inside than out.
    That's why I have off-grid Sentry Guns.

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    Meter and "fuse" box was on the inside. Power company wants access to the meter for their reasons.

    Upgraded my service a couple times, all of it got moved outdoors. Most installations I've seen are outside. Newer homes have them inside I believe.

    One reason I can think of is that my hood is fed from above ground lines/poles, vs below fed in the new subdivisions. It would make it easier to get power inside from those underground feed points.

    Having a mast going straight to the meter and breaker box with overhead feed setups.



    Make sure power required security items are on a UPS or similar device.

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    My sentry guns are off-grid so they will still work.

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    In the basement in these parts!

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    Man I thought I was the only one this annoyed. Moved into this new house probably about 8 years ago and all the electrical stuff is outside, downstairs, in the farthest corner from any door.

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    A couple years ago there was someone going around shutting off the main switches at night. While nothing ever came from it and we assumed it to be kids playing pranks, it freaked a few people out pretty good.

    I'd certainly be armed if I were going out to investigate this. So can the potential bad guy. I can see where this would be unnerving thinking it was a trap.

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