On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:42:22 -0400, "Robert Green"
wrote Re Gas Meters:

We got a new gas meter and it is readable remotely (the guy still comes
around, but he waves a device at the meter). Does this imply that there's a
battery in the new gas meters? Anyone know for sure?

Our gas company installed one of those types of meters about a year
ago. I asked the guy installing it, and he said that it did indeed
have a battery in it. He said the projected battery life was ten
years. We'll see.
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