Meter question

Originally Posted By: jpope
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Can anyone tell me what this thing is? I haven’t ever notice one of these before. The picture is a bit fuzzy but it looks like a magnet.


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Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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It’s probably an illegal magnet used to slow the meter down. icon_biggrin.gif



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Originally Posted By: dedwards
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You think the meter reader might kinda notice it.


Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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Not in my neck of the woods…they use the phoneline to auto-read the meters now.



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Originally Posted By: dedwards
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My brother in law is standing here who used to work for the Power company and he says it is a transmitter device that sends the information for the meter to the Meter reader what the four dials read. He doesn’t even have to get out of the truck anymore. The round disk is a transmitter. “We have es solved the case”


Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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Originally Posted By: dspencer
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The same is also used in water meters and gas as well. The meter reader doesn’t even have to go on the owners property.


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