Can Electric Service Drop Wires Be Split Before The Meter To Serve 2 Meters

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Two Meters, one service drib?

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Hi everybody, I'grand new here and I'thousand trying to figure out how to fix a problem.

I accept a duplex residential unit (two apartments, sharing a wall) that has a 200 Amp 120V service drop which is then divide into two meters. I had the meters pulled and I see that one hot leg goes to meter ane and the other hot leg goes to meter 2. The neutral is looped from ane meter to the next. The breakers are so jumpered then both even and odd breakers have 120V AC on them. In that location is no 240 in any of the breaker panels.

My goal is to have two 100 Amp 120/240 panels instead of the existing two 100 Amp 120(merely) panels.

My first solution would be to put a raceway in the service drop pole and separate both hots and neutral and send a split set to each meter. I'd take out the jumpers in the breaker panels and so even breakers would have one leg, odd the other leg, and 240 between the ii.

Problem with that solution is that I can't find any outdoor rated boxes/raceways to put inline of the existing 1" conduit service drop pole. Also, after the box, I'd take half dozen heavy wires in the existing 1" conduit.

So, what are some other ideas that I haven't thought of yet? What are my options?

Thanks all!

Can Electric Service Drop Wires Be Split Before The Meter To Serve 2 Meters,

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