used kWh meters- followup [RE-wrenches]

[matthew tritt]

$15.00 each? Jeez-0-Pete what a deal! I recently bought a re-con'd 3 phase
meter from Hialeah in Florida.
No calls from anybody yet, but the meter socket I also got from them wasn't
set-up right for my application.

Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services" <toddcory at finestplanet.com>
To: "Wrenches" <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:08 AM
Subject: used kWh meters- followup [RE-wrenches]


> List members,
>
> A few months back the list had a posting about where to get
> reconditioned kWh meters. I wanted to followup on the experiences I had
> with one of the suppliers, Texas Meters.
>
> I recently installed 2 used kWh meters. I bought them from Texas Meters
> for $50.00 each. About a week after I received them I got a call from
> our local "county dept. of weights and measures" asking what I was going
> to do with the kWh meters I bought from Texas Meters... whoa, big
> brother is even involved with kWh meter sales?? What next!
>
> Here's the scoop, evidently Texas Meters feels it necessary to report to
> local regulators sales of meters so they can charge you to come out to
> test them (for a fee) every year to make sure they are accurate. Funny
> the utility companies never do that... anyway I wanted list members to
> know about Texas Meters policy so you have the choice of not supporting
> that kind of thing by not buying from them.
>
> Then, this morning I got a courtesy call from Austin Instruments
> (803-628-0035). They also sell meters and were apologizing for a problem
> with their web page not delivering e-mail from customers. I had e-mailed
> them about meter purchases several months back and never heard from
> them, so bought from Texas Meters instead. They also sell used kWh
> meters, but at only $15.00 each and they do NOT report sales to local
> authorities.
>
> I thought you might like to know about the HUGE difference between these
> 2 companies that sell reconditioned kWh meters. For me it is a no
> brainer who I will be buying from in the future!
>
> Todd
>
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