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5a
Schlumberger or Actaris G4 or U6 gas meters
are similar to the previous illustration. A gas
sensor and plastic attachment peg is included with your new Saveometer gas transmitter. This is used when the
transmitter is to be attached to a Schlumberger or Actaris G4 or U6 gas meter. The meter pulse sensor can be easily
installed by attaching it at the gas meter by firmly pressing the peg into the hole provided on the meter using a blunt
instrument. Once the gas sensor is attached, insert the RJ plug from the transmitter into either of the sensor sockets
as shown in the preceding photo.
5b
Schlumberger & Actaris & UGI Limited R5 or Wilson G4 meters
5c
Elster BK series gas meters
– use Type B sensors
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Once the sensor is attached, position the gas transmitter at a convenient permanent location. In most houses
and small businesses the transmitter will perform well when mounted in or in close proximity to the meter cupboard.
But to achieve the optimum range between the gas transmitter and your display(s), such as in larger or tall houses or
businesses, you may wish to locate the gas transmitter away from the meter itself, in an area where there are least
brick, concrete, stone or steel walls through which the transmitter signals must penetrate. The gas transmitter is
supplied with a 2.5 meter cable for this purpose.
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When the transmitter location is finalised it may be mounted using the Velcro pad, and any excess wire may be
neatly gathered using the cable tie provided.
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It is important now to select if your gas meter measures gas in cubic feet or cubic meters and also if your gas
meter has 4, 5 or 6 meaningful digits or numbers. Meaningful digits or numbers are those that are not either in red
or surrounded by red. To do this select
mode 18
on your Saveometer display.You may find the illustrations on the
following page useful when making your selection. Please inspect your meter, then using your Saveometer display
select mode 18. Now use the < or > keys to select either cubic meters or cu feet, and also whether your meter has 4,
5 or 6 meaningful numbers - always ignore the red numbers on the right. (If your meter has only 4 meaningful digits
it is fairly elderly ; in this case when using
mode 18
please select
5 digits
).
Elster “BK” series meter
The Elster BK series of meters
can be recognised by the letters
BK found on the meter face. BK is usually followed by G 4 and
occasionally by G1.6, or G 2.5. This type of meter requires its
own special
type B sensor
and one is supplied with each
transmitter. The Elster meters come in several colours
– mainly
light brown or grey. Fitting a sensor to the meter takes seconds.
Offer the sensor up to the right
hand underside of the meter
face and fix by placing the
plastic nut & bolt through the
holes provided. Once fixed, the
RJ plug from the transmitter (it
looks like a telephone plug)
should be plugged into the
socket leading from the sensor.
Sensor fits here
under the meter
display
When your new gas transmitter is attached to any of these
meters the seperate meter pulse sensors provided are not
required. You simply plug in the RJ connector from the
transmitter directly into the meter as shown . We
recommend that you keep the spare gas pulse sensors in
a safe place just in case you move premises and need one
in the future. The illustration shows a Schlumberger meter
– other makes do vary slightly. These meters measure in
“Imperial Units” (no longer used) and require you to set the
Saveometer as follows: Mode 20
– precede the 4 main
meter digits with a zero when inputting your meter reading.
Mode 19: set a factor of 32.0 NOT 0.32 Mode 18: set to
Cu Ft and 5 digits (we discontinued 4). These settings take
place only at initial installation.
Connect transmitter here
Use plastic nut & bolt to attach sensor
Type B
sensor
