[clug] [For Sale] Anyone else want an elster reed switch probe?

Alex Satrapa grail at goldweb.com.au
Wed Jun 2 00:08:34 MDT 2010


On 02/06/2010, at 15:28, Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com> wrote:

> Elster V100 water meters have a little magnet on the cam inside the meter. When the cam does a cycle, the magnet passes near an orifice built into the meter. If you have the probe inserted, this will cause a reed switch to close, causing a pulse of electricity down the wire.

No no, the other other end :)  I know how the reed switch works, silly!

I think others have addressed the issue of count collectors already.

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