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How To Read Your Upgraded Water Meter: Your meter was made by Neptune. It is equipped with a solar cell, which supplies power for the LCD panel. In order to activate the panel, you will need a high- powered flashlight. We have found the 3-inch camping flashlights work great. Just hold your flashlight over the solar cell and within a few seconds you will begin seeing the reading in the LCD display box(5) located just below the solar cell. Continue holding the flashlight over the solar panel. The average rate of flow is displayed every 6 seconds alternating with the reading. All meters started at zero To get the reading, begin from the left and write down the numbers. The meter reading is shown in units. One unit=100 cubic feet or 748 gallons. For residential customers you will need to read the first four numbers. The number of digits to read varies on commercial accounts depending on the size of the meter, so please feel free to call our office if you have questions. The meter is also equipped with a leak indicator If you see a water faucet above the numbers on the left hand side, this could indicate a possible leak. The meter monitors a 24-hour period in fifteen-minute intervals. If the faucet is flashing, this indicates that water has been used for at least 50 of the 96 15-minute intervals during a 24-hour period. If the faucet is showing continuously, this indicates that water was on for all of the 96 15-minute intervals during a 24-hour period. The flow indicator arrow shows the direction of flow through the meter. If you do not see the arrow, then water is not in use. If the arrow is flashing, then water is running slowly. If you still have problems reading your meter, please feel free to stop at the Engineering Office at 120 Washington Street and we would be happy to give you a demonstration. See diagram on reverse. Kimberley Driscoll Mayor CITY OF SALEM ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 120 WASHINGTON STREET, 4TH FLOOR SALEM, MA 01970 Phone: (978) 619-5673 Fax: (978) 745-0349 DAVID H. KNOWLTON, P.E. CITY ENGINEER ---PAGE BREAK--- a: en a: @ a: c 0 en 5 a. en c c z ci:: en z 0 Solar Panel O Date of Manufacture f) LCD Display 9 FLOW INDICATOR Shows the direction of flow through the meter: I Water in use. Water not in use. r31!9!!Ht:'ITI, Water is running slowly. Reverse flow. Forward flow. LEAK INDICATOR Displays a possible leak: I No leak indicated. RATE OF FLOW Intermittent leak indicates that water has been used for at least 50 of the 9615-minute intervals during the previous 24-hour period. Indicates water use for al I 96 15-minute intervals during the previous 24-hour period. Average flow rate is displayed every twelve (12) seconds on LCD display. LCD DISPLAY Nine-digit LCD displays the meter reading in billing units of measure: U.S. gal Ions, cubic feet, Imperial gallons, or cubic metres. E-Coder Basic Reading/Customary 6-digit remote reading Customary sweep hand digits E-CoderPLUS Reading (8-digit remote reading)