A device used to measure water usage.
Questions tagged [water-meter]
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Water shut off valve and backflow preventer
I'm a new member here. I'm here to learn how to do DIY plumbing work.
How does my home's main water supply valve, backflow preventer, and Potter switch work?
Image 1. The Main water line enters the house. There is a valve with the red handle. …
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Main water supply's grounding wires
I am confused about the house's main water supply grounding wires and the purpose. From here I read the following:
A jumper ground wire at the water meter is am important safety device
that should be installed on most homes that have a buried…
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Will it affect the water pressure if a 3/4" meter is installed on a 1 1/2" water line?
We have a 1.5" water main line coming into our house (inside the house piping is 3/4" or less). We are on a small private water district and the administrator of the well district wants to put in a 3/4 inch meter by cutting into the 1.5" main…
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How to read hot water meter which has become unreadable?
Our hot water meter (picture attached) has for the past year been unreadable due to what to me appears to be condensation or steaming under the clear plastic that is covering the meter (though this is just my guess). The plastic does not seem to be…
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Is my water meter or prv causing whine, and how do I fix it?
I'm getting really loud whine whenever I turn on a faucet at full blast. I've narrowed it down to one of the two pictured components but I can't tell which of them is causing it.
The whine doesn't start up right away but instead takes a few seconds…
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What is round box near water meter
What is round box near my water meter? I'm trying to increase the water pressure to my house, which was built in 2019. I know that the water pressure is lowered to my house and sometimes there's a water pressure regulator whose nut can be turned to…
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Water meter leak indicator moves once in a while
What is driving me a bit not sure recently is that the water meter leak indicator sometimes can move a bit over a long period (say an hour or a few hours). My water meter is a Procoder meter same as below.
I guess the smallest interval for the red…
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How do I identify & fix a hammering noise when I flush the toilet?
I have a 3-story house with two 10-year old toilet bowls. Both bowls have a somewhat weak flush, but still work fine, though often the bowl needs plunging.
Just recently, I started hearing a hammering noise in the basement pipes when flushing the…
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low gallons per minute from main water supply
Our house (built 1953) has galvanized piping for the cold and copper for the hot water supply lines. We had good water pressure (85 psi), but low flow (2.5 gpm).
I had a plumber replace the galvanized main water supply from the city water meter to…
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Would Replacing an Existing 3/4" Water Main Line with 1" Improve Overall Volume/Flow to House (GPM)
After my own inspection and talking to the utility company I have the following:
The meter (near the road) is 5/8" x 3/4". From what the water company told me - this is the most commonly installed size service in this area.
There is approximately…
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Properly fill small sinkhole near meter vault
I've got a very small sinkhole that has developed between my driveway and my water meter vault/box. The hole is about 20 inches deep and has actually eroded the soil deep enough that it goes underneath the side of the meter box.
I'd like to fill…
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How do I measure the discharge from a Sump Pump?
My sump generates a lot of output during some weeks. Enough that I need a better plan than dumping into the grass and gravel driveway downslope from the house. My first step in improving my driveway is calculating the amount of water I am dumping…
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Water Meter Suggestion for someone on well water?
I am installing an underground waterline for irrigation by tapping into the home water line. Since I have well water I don't have a water meter. However, I would like to install a simple but accurate water meter (or similar type device) in the…
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