Water Meter Remote Reader Wiring

3 wire cable for automatic meter reading devices touchpad touchread meter reading or remote encoder registers.

Water meter remote reader wiring.

During some renovation work the wire from my water meter to the remote reader has become disconnected. Environmentally sealed to keep unit water proof and to ensure no internal fogging. This works with kemp meek digital remotes but it will work with any 3 wire amr or ami radio remote system. There are four wires coloured red yellow green and blue and four terminals in the reader labelled 1 2 3 and 4.

There are two major types of remote wired meter reading touch pad based reading and visual remotes. Maximum dis tance between the meter and remote reader is 2000 ft. Both use the same encoder output. Operating temperature is 22 to 176 f 30 to 80 c wiring.

The water meters are unpowered and do not require a power source. The water meters connect to the omnimeters via a 2 wire connection see the omnimeters spec sheets for detailed wiring instructions. Using a twisted pair of wires in cat5 cable is recommended for the wiring and using dielectric grease on the wire unions is recommended. Other end is plain.

The customers and meter readers can access the meter reading without having access to the water and or gas meter itself. If you have water meter located in a place that is difficult to read such as a basement tenant apartment or underground meter pit a wired remote allows easy meter reading without actually being at the meter.