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Water meter
I have never read our water meter before so I decided to check it. The
latest bill said" estimate". Anyway, I lever up the cast iron cover and it doesn't look like it has been read for years, but between the meter itself and the cover at street level is a piece of white cable / pipe that leads up to something epoxied into a plastic housing mounted in a hole in the cover. Am I right in assuming this provides some kind of means for them reading the meter without lifting the cover? How does that work then, 'cos it looks incredibly unsophisticated? Cheers Neil |
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On 16/01/2011 10:53, Neil wrote:
I have never read our water meter before so I decided to check it. The latest bill said" estimate". Anyway, I lever up the cast iron cover and it doesn't look like it has been read for years, but between the meter itself and the cover at street level is a piece of white cable / pipe that leads up to something epoxied into a plastic housing mounted in a hole in the cover. Am I right in assuming this provides some kind of means for them reading the meter without lifting the cover? How does that work then, 'cos it looks incredibly unsophisticated? You don't say which water company you are with. Up here, Yorkshire Water, they are starting to put automated meter reading devices in; AIUI, it's done by a wireless device and they can read about 6 at one go without getting out of the van. YW info at: http://www.yorkshirewater.com/newmeter Allan |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:05:54 +0000, Allan
wrote: On 16/01/2011 10:53, Neil wrote: I have never read our water meter before so I decided to check it. The latest bill said" estimate". Anyway, I lever up the cast iron cover and it doesn't look like it has been read for years, but between the meter itself and the cover at street level is a piece of white cable / pipe that leads up to something epoxied into a plastic housing mounted in a hole in the cover. Am I right in assuming this provides some kind of means for them reading the meter without lifting the cover? How does that work then, 'cos it looks incredibly unsophisticated? You don't say which water company you are with. Up here, Yorkshire Water, they are starting to put automated meter reading devices in; AIUI, it's done by a wireless device and they can read about 6 at one go without getting out of the van. YW info at: http://www.yorkshirewater.com/newmeter Allan It's Bournemouth and West Hants. The meter doesn't look at nice as the one in that photo though. |
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On Jan 16, 10:53*am, Neil wrote:
I have never read our water meter before so I decided to check it. The latest bill said" estimate". Anyway, I lever up the cast iron cover and it doesn't look like it has been read for years, but between the meter itself and the cover at street level is a piece of white cable / pipe that leads up to something epoxied into a plastic housing mounted in a hole in the cover. Am I right in assuming this provides some kind of means for them reading the meter without lifting the cover? How does that work then, 'cos it looks incredibly unsophisticated? Cheers Neil I saw a device (years ago that) that counted the revolutions of the needle on a standard meter. I think it worked on the same principle as the old mice. |
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