AGA XQ0381
Gas Measurement Manual - Part 14: Meter Repair and Selection
Organization: | AGA |
Publication Date: | 1 January 1982 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 164 |
scope:
GENERAL
The Meter Shop's responsibility is to ensure that meters removed from service are evaluated for repair or condemnation. If evaluation indicates a meter is to be repaired, then the proper classification must be assigned various factors usually considered, when assigning the repair classification, are described in this section.
Some utilities automatically condemn groups of meters by certain
manufacture/size/typ
1. Tin meter: unsuitable for outside sets in some climates; skilled repair personnel unavailable; parts unavailable; temperature correction cannot be added.
2. Repair/replace analysis shows repair uneconomical.
3. Poor performance history, regardless of the extent of repair.
4. Desire to phase out, were small number owned, to decrease parts inventory and to decrease the number of different type meter sets.