In article om,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:
On 26 Jul 2004 22:44:26 GMT, wrote:

Some states require electric companies to give one free meter check
if requested every N years.

This side of the pond electricity meters are routinely replaced every
ten years.

Not that I've ever come across. Mine's 20 years old, and my parents'
is 40 years old.

When I was working on a meter project some time back, meters were
supplied against tenders which required a low failure rate in the
first 40 years.

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Andrew Gabriel
Consultant Software Engineer