How To Turn On Digital Water Meter

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How to turn on digital water meter. The digital meter needs light for activation so you may need to shine a flashlight on it. I d imagine that anyone with half decent plumbing skills can turn the supply valve in the front yard driveway off and then install bypass valves around the meter in the basement. Look for the on off valve on the top or side of the meter see illustrations below here. You can turn this by hand.

In older homes there will be just 1 valve. Turnclean services llc 211 652 views. My supply line from the street going into the meter is actually pex tubing which i imagine would be super easy to modify. The water meter is in your basement.

Place the notched end of the key over the raised piece of metal atop the valve. Turn on the meter. The meter read equals the gallons or cubic feet used while the flow rate equals the number of gallons or cubic feet per minute flowing through the water meter. If the on off valve is on the top of the meter use a long handled crescent wrench 12 inches or longer or a t wrench to turn the on off valve the arrow toward the water meter.

Plumbing jacksonville fl water shutoff valve duration. How do i turn the water on and off at the water meter. The display alternates between the meter read and the flow rate. You will need a water key to turn this valve.

In this case use the valve closest to your house which will be a gate or wheel shaped valve.