When 计适配器 Meet Meter St和ardization

When 计适配器 Meet Meter St和ardization

你记得吗?, 就在十年前, when every cell phone type seemed to have its own charger to go with it? Many people couldn’t share chargers 和 a new one was required with the purchase of a new phone. Gas utilities have to deal with the same concept when it comes to switching out meters 和 matching meter connection sizes. 然而, the use of meter adapters makes the concept of gas meter st和ardization not just a reality, but also the most practical solution.

When st和ardizing to a specific meter connection size, new construction is easy as it allows freedom of installing the meter with a new meter set that has correct meter connection size. 然而, it’s a whole different story when working with existing meter sets in your system. You are then faced with the challenges of working with meter sets that have swivel connections that are different from the meter connection size that you are moving forward with.

When considering the number of meter connection options available on the same meter class size, 你可以想象一下, 随着时间的推移, some utilities find themselves warehousing multiple meter connection sizes. In order to minimize the need to keep inventory of multiple versions of the same size meter, meter adapters are available to convert a meter from one connection size to another, allowing you to utilize the existing meter set. 因此, 实用程序发现价值, 储蓄, 和 convenience if they are able to st和ardize their buying 和 warehousing of only one meter connection size. See the chart to the left for A.Y. McDonald’s current conversion options 和 below for an example scenario that introduces the application of our meter adapters.

场景:
Your system has Class 250 meters where both 1A 和 10LT meter connections exist. For new construction as well as meter replacement projects, your utility makes the decision to go to all 10LT meter installations. New construction is easy as you will be installing a new meter set designed for 10LT meter connections. 当你替换1A米, you will need to update the swivel connections on your meter set to accommodate the new 10LT meter connections which may be costly, 耗费时间, 和, 在某些情况下, lead to a full meter set replacement 和 retrofitting.

解决方案:
With the use of meter adapters, you would simply install the adapters onto your 10LT meter that would convert the meter to be able to connect to 1A meter set. This solution leads to an easy installation, cost 储蓄 by using the existing meter set, 和 potential price breaks or 储蓄 by purchasing a larger quantity of one size meter.

The concept of st和ardizing can be viewed as an overwhelming task. 然而, with the use of meter adapters, it is definitely a conversation any gas utility should have. If the mobile phone industry managed to st和ardize phone chargers to Droid 和 iPhones back in 2011, the gas industry can manage to find the most efficient solution to meter st和ardization – 和 that’s meter adapters.