If you can t read the pipe size on the pipe leaving the meter don t worry.
Water meter size.
Also don t lay a ruler across it and use that measurement.
It is fairly common for the meter to be one size smaller than the feed pipe to the house.
Different size meters indicate different resolutions of the reading.
One rotation of the sweep hand may be equivalent to 10 gallons or to 1 000 gallons 1 to 100 ft.
A larger meter size than what is required could mean that a residential customer will pay less each billing period and the utility profits would be undermined.
Meter street service inches building supply branches inches maximum allowable length feet 40 60 80 100 150 200 250 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000.
Fixture unit table for determining water pipe meter sizes.
Typical water meter sizes are.
5 8 meters are generally used on older homes where the service tubing size was 1 2 5 8 x 3 4 water meter a 5 8 x 3 4 water meter has a 5 8 water flow capacity just like a 5 8 meter.
If one rotation of the hand represents 10 gallons the meter has a 10 gallon sweep.
This is because the larger size water meter would be unable to accurately measure at low flow rates.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Water meter size calculator.
These use meter couplings and gaskets referred to interchangeably as 5 8 or 1 2.
Pressure range 30 to 45 psi available static pressure after head loss 3 4.
The online water meter size calculator is temporarily unavailable.
Please use form w 3 for small meters 5 8 1 or form w 4 for large meters 1 5 and larger to calculate your meter size.
