Abstract: Meter connection apparatus including a generally semicircular conduit portion with substantially parallel straight conduit portions extending from the ends of the semicircular conduit portion, the semicircular conduit portion having a radius which is a plurality of the conduit diameter, a collar member affixed adjacent the free end of the first of the straight conduit portions, the collar member including a peripheral flange section, a compression nut carried by the first straight conduit portion and associated with the collar member, the compression nut including an internally threaded portion of a size encompassing and extending beyond the flange section of the collar member, the compression nut also including a portion of smaller size engageable with the flange section, an enlarged conduit portion extending from the second of the straight conduit portions, the enlarged conduit portion including an externally threaded section at its free end engageable with an internally threaded compression nut and the end