Re: CurrentCost external install

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That reminds me. Our water meter is on the public footpath in a group
of 4 or 5. I'm not sure which one is mine, does anyone know how to
tell?

Secondly I am not sure whether the water board would be happy
tempering with it and therefore I wonder if I should go or another
meter as the it enters the house under the kitchen sink?

Paul

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Vargster <vargster@...> wrote:
>
> If you have an Elster/Kent water meter (many of them are), have a
look at
> the lower/right spinning clock/dial.
> You should see a small circular 'dot' or bulge on the opposite end
of that
> pointer.
> This is a magnet, carefully taping a magnetic reed switch over it
will give
> you a pulse for every litre IIRC.
>
> I haven't tried it yet (though I do have the right meter), I read
it on one
> of Andy Stanford-Clarks (IBM research guru) presentations.
>
> It's rapidly coming to the top of my HA to-do list... :)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Tim Ramsdale <tim@...> wrote:
>
> >
> > My big question is how do you do the same on a water
> > meter? There are no reflective digits, and I have tried to
> > sniff using a reed switch for magnetic effects. I suspect
> > I need a hall effect switch which will be much more
> > sensitive and pick up the underlying meter component.
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > ** There is a requirement to 'not make any permanent
> > attachment to the meter'. I figure blutack is about as
> > non-permanent as you can get...
> >
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