JustMe wrote:
Greetings,

I am completing a basement conversion. I have a compact, silent, electronic
electric meter down there, but the gas meter is one of the chunky mechanical
types (manufacturer "Schlumberger"). The problem is that it can be rather
noisy, giving off a high-pitched whine sound when gas is being used and
making a knocking sound, presumably as the meter turns.

My question is whether this is serviceable or whether the only way to
eliminate such a noise would be to replace the gas meter. It states on the
meter that it is the "Property of Transco".

I assume that neither is an acceptable DIY job, given the nature of working
with gas and my inexperience in such matters.

That being the case, who would I contact about either route (if applicable)?

TIA.



Schlum. U6 I assume? I used to work for them way back when although they
are now called Actaris I think.

It's not serviceable and almost certainly illegal to try anything like
that.

In any case ... you won't be able to "tinker" internally without
removing the pressed steel banding around the centre of the meter, and
then you would not be able to reseal etc (without a "banding machine" -
not DIY!). Also, taking off the index will do you no good and just look
like tampering.

FYI: the meter has a mechanical set of diaphragms which use differential
pressure to rotate the index. It seems the mechanism is making a sound,
probably a resonant effect ... just like the one at my house!

They don't cost all that much IIRC (around £20) but Transco would have
to do the work which would be the larger cost and then you may get a
meter with the same issue.

If you can persuade them to fit an E6 (electronic/ultrasonic) then there
are no moving parts. I think that they don't bother with these any more
though on cost/quality grounds so this might be tricky.

Alex.