Install a connector and a piece of pipe from the meter to the ground to protect the electric meter ground wire. Install a ground wire and connect the wire to the neutral ground terminal in the center of the meter, next to the neutral connect. In residential installations, the neutral and ground are a common connection called a neutral/ground connection. The other end of the ground wire attaches to a ground rod and is attached with a ground lug.
How To Wire an Electric Meter
By Timothy Thiele, About.com
Connecting an Electric Meter Ground Wire
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