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.
Water meter size.
One rotation of the sweep hand may be equivalent to 10 gallons or to 1 000 gallons 1 to 100 ft.
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.
Different size meters indicate different resolutions of the reading.
Water meter size calculator.
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Pressure range 30 to 45 psi available static pressure after head loss 3 4.
Also don t lay a ruler across it and use that measurement.
If you can t read the pipe size on the pipe leaving the meter don t worry.
5 8 3 4 1 1 1 2.
If one rotation of the hand represents 10 gallons the meter has a 10 gallon sweep.
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.
These use meter couplings and gaskets referred to interchangeably as 5 8 or 1 2.
This is because the larger size water meter would be unable to accurately measure at low flow rates.
Fixture unit table for determining water pipe meter sizes.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you have pvc you might be lucky.
3 0 1 to 10 m 3.
