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doctorkb
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2 years ago The easiest way to verify this (the first time) is to compare the readings -- look for one where the Consumption seems to match yours. You may note that your meter says something like 14540 and this could match the reading you're seeing of 1454022 -- precision isn't always the same.
cypherstream
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2 years ago Ok so for the water meter theres a solar strip on it, and in January when I had the water company come out and inspect everything due to high bills, he showed me you can shine a flashlight on it and the display comes up. Keep the flashlight shining on it and the LCD segment display will cycle through different things like the time, consumption reading, leak detection, current water flow rate (which should be 0 if all water is off).
I was in there with my iPhone flashlight and the LCD just doesn't come on. Is there something different with the iPhone flashlight vs the regular incandescent flashlight the water meter tech had?
Is the ID: XXXXXXXXX the serial number? I went online and my Natural Gas company lists my meter number as 1204282, but I don't see that anywhere in the SCM / SCM+ outputs either. I know that meter says 40G on it (When I got it in 2011 after getting rid of Oil, I made a joke that it had a 40gb hard drive inside).
soundynewind
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1 year ago The meter interface unit (MIU), which is the wired box with the antenna, has its own serial number separate from that of the water meter's encoder register.
Check the MIU's FCCID label for a 10-digit SN starting with 1. If the label is missing/illegible, then ask your utility for the info (I'd recommend contact via email/feedback form submission since first-tier call center staff may not understand, or even have access to, what you want). If the utility won't comply, then there are some alternate methods:
EDIT: also, the 40G is a legacy ERT module and I don't think it supports bubble-up mode, thus it won't periodically transmit. It would respond to wake-up signals sent from the transceiver of utility techs walking/driving by or from a nearby fixed collection module. You would likely need to monitor for multiple days, if not weeks, in order to catch the consumption data. Look on top of the gas meter index cover for the FCCID label; should be 7/8-digit ID there. It may be prefaced by an ERT type value of 02 instead of 12.
I have rtlamr working successfully pulling in a few SCM messages which I think are gas meters, but the bul;k of the traffic are R900 which should be the water meters.
I have a neptune e-coder 5/8" T-10 water meter. On it doesn't say much but it has a small inscription : 3026 0318 Next to a black plastic piece that has a cable going to a box attached to a pipe with an antenna on it.
When I log into our water company website, it says BP#1103126784 and below it has an account number starting with 21003... and below that Meters S/N: 64013190.
However when running rtlamr nothing matches 64013190 or 3026 0318. I see a lot of these:
How would I know which one is mine, none of the ID numbers seem to match up? Our community thinks our water company is corrupt. For a family of 4 its $233 next month. The bill average is about $180-$200 usually. Its extremely hard for some people to afford. Some customers on our local community sites are complaining of even higher water bills, in the $300 a month or more range. We are trying to expose this corrupt utility.
Thanks!