On Aug 12, 5:13*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Aug 11, 6:29*pm, SF Man wrote:









On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:50:23 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc wrote:
Get a meter. * They are all over ebay. *I got one for $40.


SNIP


Apparently, in California, we must buy lead-free materials, so, the price
for me to buy just the water meter and lead-free unions is no less than
$113 + 9% tax + shipping and could be as high as $670 based on this web
page:http://www.plumbingsupply.com/wameters.html

SNIP


The meters are bronze. *No lead. *At the moment they are common on
ebay because many areas are switching to metering that can be read
electronically. *So surplus regular meter stock is being sold off. *A
few bucks more to adapt the meter connections to glavianized or pvc.

JG-

Our California legislature, in their infinite wisdom, passed
legislation that require 100% Lead Free alloys for devices used on
potable water.

Many mfrs & suppliers now have a CA compliant model & "the rest of the
country".....there a few other states that have this requirement.

The amount of lead in the "non-lead free" units in not really very
high . If I were the OP I'd consider a used one on eday (as was
sugested)

cheers
Bob