How many electricity and water meters exist, so many of them are trying to bypass, cheat, twist. Stop metering devices and use energy resources for free. Are these actions correct or not correct? We will not judge this now. Today we will talk about a folk trick that was used about ten to twenty years ago to steal water. I must say right away that this method does not work now. And the information that I present will be useful for general development and satisfaction of curiosity.
There are two water meters in the photo, one born in 2016, the second in 2005. I will put experiments on them
A homemade stand will help us with this, as I talked about on the channel about it. It is made of washing machine drain pump, PP tubing and fittings. You can watch how I made it on the channel. Photos in the gallery, please scroll through.And then the head will snow.
I run the 2005 counter on it, it is out of date, the calibration interval has expired. It works normally. The water flows, the numbers rotate.
I take a clamp and install one of the supports on the central rotating turntable. Or side by side.
I begin to rotate the clamping screw on the clamp. Thus, the lid is pushed through. Gears are clamped. This action stops the engine from reporting. But the water flows freely.
You can see this process on the Gif. Wait for it to load.
If you clamp modern meters in this way, then such actions will lead to a breakdown of the meter and a large fine. The 2016 meter is broken.
The fact is that manufacturers quickly "passed" this method. And they made protection from these thieves' actions.
They establish convex protective housings. When compressed, they simply break.
This method was at one time widely used by some individuals, but such businessmen came across to the checking specialists quite often.
Need for invention is cunning. But this shop has long been closed. Do not even think about repeating these things on your metering devices. You will definitely break it. And run for new devices, as well as make a hole in the family budget.