Difference between revisions of "Reading my Water Meter"
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− | Attached to the meter is | + | On November 21, 2013 we had an [http://meters.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33:elster-c700-water-meter&catid=3:water-meters Elster C700] water meter installed in our house at 100 Prince Street in Charlottetown under the city's [http://www.city.charlottetown.pe.ca/volunteermeterprogram.php Volunteer Meter Program]. |
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+ | Installation was quick and done at no cost by city staff and when it was complete it looked like this: | ||
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+ | http://media.ruk.ca/images//water-meter-20131122-142421.jpg | ||
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+ | == Electronic Reading Transmitter == | ||
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+ | Attached to the meter is a grey box called an ERT -- electronic reading transmitter -- made by iTron. This is used by the city to read the meter from the road. | ||
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+ | The grey box has the following identifying marks on it: | ||
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+ | <pre> | ||
+ | FCC ID E096OW | ||
+ | IC ID: 864D-60W | ||
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+ | 12/07/12 14 | ||
+ | 60W-R | ||
+ | ELSTER AMCO PROTOCOL | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
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+ | http://media.ruk.ca/images//box-on-water-meter-20131122-141747.jpg | ||
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+ | == Reading the Meter On-Site == | ||
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+ | The city has a [http://www.city.charlottetown.pe.ca/pdfs/read_your_meter.pdf helpful guide to reading the meter] that contains this graphic: | ||
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+ | http://media.ruk.ca/images//read_your_meter.pdf_%281_page%29-20131122-142250.jpg | ||
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+ | === Sample Reading === | ||
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+ | After installation I took this photo of the meter: | ||
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+ | http://media.ruk.ca/images//reading-1-20131122-142620.jpg | ||
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+ | The next morning, after flushing the toilet several times, having a shower (with a 1.6 gallon-per-minute showerhead newly installed) and brushing my teeth, I took another photo: | ||
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+ | http://media.ruk.ca/images//IMG_0020.jpg-20131122-142742.jpg | ||
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+ | The first reading was approximately 2.47, the second was approximately 8.61, meaning the different was 6.14, or 61.4 litres of water consumed. | ||
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+ | The city charges $0.844/cubic metre for water consumption. 61.4 litres is 0.0614 cubic metres, meaning that it cost me 5.2 cents for my morning wake-up water today. |
Revision as of 15:30, 22 November 2013
Contents
Installation
On November 21, 2013 we had an Elster C700 water meter installed in our house at 100 Prince Street in Charlottetown under the city's Volunteer Meter Program.
Installation was quick and done at no cost by city staff and when it was complete it looked like this:
Electronic Reading Transmitter
Attached to the meter is a grey box called an ERT -- electronic reading transmitter -- made by iTron. This is used by the city to read the meter from the road.
The grey box has the following identifying marks on it:
FCC ID E096OW IC ID: 864D-60W 12/07/12 14 60W-R ELSTER AMCO PROTOCOL
Reading the Meter On-Site
The city has a helpful guide to reading the meter that contains this graphic:
Sample Reading
After installation I took this photo of the meter:
The next morning, after flushing the toilet several times, having a shower (with a 1.6 gallon-per-minute showerhead newly installed) and brushing my teeth, I took another photo:
The first reading was approximately 2.47, the second was approximately 8.61, meaning the different was 6.14, or 61.4 litres of water consumed.
The city charges $0.844/cubic metre for water consumption. 61.4 litres is 0.0614 cubic metres, meaning that it cost me 5.2 cents for my morning wake-up water today.