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Lockout Device Prevents Tampering
Author(s) -
Rule James
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2012.38.0066
Subject(s) - metre , cover (algebra) , electricity meter , line (geometry) , property (philosophy) , service (business) , computer science , computer security , environmental science , engineering , business , mechanical engineering , mathematics , physics , power (physics) , philosophy , geometry , epistemology , quantum mechanics , astronomy , marketing
Customers sometimes tamper with their water meter registers to reduce the amount of water billed, which causes all sorts of problems for the utility, from lost revenue to damaged property. The Lockout Device prevents such tampering as well as meter removal. The device has two small tabs and a rolled ring to prevent a meter's gauge from being removed so the meter can't register water flow. Two small extensions also cover nuts that attach the meter body to the service line.