Water Meter Remote Reader Wiring

If you have water meter located in a place that is difficult to read such as a basement tenant apartment or underground meter pit a wired remote allows easy meter reading without actually being at the meter.

Water meter remote reader wiring.

Using a twisted pair of wires in cat5 cable is recommended for the wiring and using dielectric grease on the wire unions is recommended. 3 wire cable for automatic meter reading devices touchpad touchread meter reading or remote encoder registers. During some renovation work the wire from my water meter to the remote reader has become disconnected. Maximum dis tance between the meter and remote reader is 2000 ft.

Operating temperature is 22 to 176 f 30 to 80 c wiring. Environmentally sealed to keep unit water proof and to ensure no internal fogging. Other end is plain. This works with kemp meek digital remotes but it will work with any 3 wire amr or ami radio remote system.

There are two major types of remote wired meter reading touch pad based reading and visual remotes. New spring tension terminal blocks for easier wiring the rcm 100 is a remote primary display with ability to communicate with all types of pulse equipped water gas meter registers. The water meters are unpowered and do not require a power source. One end has factory installed round terminals for screw attachment to register.

The customers and meter readers can access the meter reading without having access to the water and or gas meter itself. Both use the same encoder output.