How To Read A Badger Water Meter In Cubic Feet

Numbers are read from left to right.

How to read a badger water meter in cubic feet. One cubic foot is 7 48 gallons. The meter measures water usage in cubic feet. Take the difference and convert it into gallons imperial gallons or cubic meters. Take the first reading and the end reading and subtract.

Each part will have the different calculation to convert it into liters. First find the odometer on the water meter then identify whether it is measured by gallons imperial gallons or cubic meters. A complete rotation equals 10 gallons or 10 cubic feet depending on the unit measured. To calculate cubic feet to gallons multiply the number of cubic feet by 7 48.

If the utility bills in units of 100 cubic feet they would read this meter as simply 817. One cubic foot equals 7 48 gallons of water. How to read badger s recordall water meter registers utility billing standards for meter reading unit of measure reading to the nearest gallons 1 000 cubic feet 100 cubic meters 10 all registers are designed with white and black number wheels for readability. If your meter registers in cubic feet instead of gallons the black dark digits may be 10 cubic feet instead of 100 gallons.

The large sweep hand on the dial measures water use in gallons or cubic feet. One full rotation of the dial equals 1 cubic foot of water or 7 48 gallons. Also in cubic feet there may be no fixed zero and the sweep had represents 10ths and 100ths of gallons instead of gallons and tenths. One gallon or one cubic foot of water passes through the water meter as the sweep hand moves from one number to the next e g 0 to 1.

The dial will rotate when water passes through the meter. This meter reads that 34 215 cubic feet of water were used since the date of installation. Any water moving through the meter is detected so even small leaks will register. The meter shown in figure 3 is brand new hence the reading for this meter is 0 00.

34 215 ft 3 48 255 928 2 gallons now we know that 255 928 2 gallons have been used since the date of installation.