the old 50p meter

metal · Post by **metal** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:09 am

does anyone know where i can lay my hands on one of the old 50p meters that we used to help pay for our elecricity in the home or the modern equivilent , the reason being ive taken over my relatives garage as it was out of use to do as i please as long as i pay for the elecricity however i dont want to pay more than i need to and certainly dont want to be paying to little can anyone help please

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Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:16 am

Perhaps one of these jobbies will do the trick?

http://www.pat-training.co.uk/230V_elec ... _meter.htm

metal · Post by **metal** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:31 am

if i used one of these that would mean id have to plug in the power to the garage rather than a permenant connection would there be any special requirements id have to follow?

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:36 am

a friend of mine gets coin meters for the bedsits he owns i'll ask him and get back to you

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:37 am

toolstation do reconed meters bottom of the list here
http://www.toolstation.com/search.html? ... s&Search=1

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:43 am

TLC sell brand new ones that take £1 coins-

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/ ... index.html

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:47 am

ultimatehandyman wrote:TLC sell brand new ones that take £1 coins-

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/ ... index.html

they are reconed as well uhm

[says so on the picture]

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:23 am

big-all wrote:
ultimatehandyman wrote:TLC sell brand new ones that take £1 coins-

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/ ... index.html
they are reconed as well uhm [says so on the picture]

That is a bit sly, it should say so in the description as well

Well spotted

sparkydude · Post by **sparkydude** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:40 pm

WHy not save yourself the trouble and expense of a coin meter and just buy a reconditioned normal meter. and then just find out the unit price for your electricity from the supplier and then you can work out how many units you have used and pay them accordingly.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/siemans-lcd-elect ... dZViewItem

5.99 bargain to be honest

Nick

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:58 pm

I never knew they were so readily available. 8-)

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:23 pm

the one uhm posted is what I have fitted in the past. easy to set up and use and cheap.

My mate gets them from somewhere in reading, £25 if he sends one back to be reconned.

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:47 am

I have this one (well 2 of them) in the flats.

Cards available from some Merchants.

http://www.pjwmeters.com/ampy_card_meter_12.html

metal · Post by **metal** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:31 pm

thanx people a few good suggestions tho im inerested to hear a little more from tim how much for me where and when could i get one?

sparkydude · Post by **sparkydude** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:40 pm

If you have a coin meter, then the tarrif is set by the person who has the key for the meter, so your garage owner could dramatically increase the price of the electricity by a simple turn of a dial without you knowing about it. If you do as i mentioned in my previous post and use a normal domstic electricity meter then you know how many units of electricity you have used multiply that by the price per unit and pay them accordingly. It seems a lot of money and hassle to get a coin op meter to me.

Nick

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:52 am

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/ ... index.html

you can buy them from chez, link.

right I get you now, I read the first post properly, what you really want imo is an electricity meter not a coin meter, unless you want to save as you go.

You set the coin meter buy turning the coin entry slot to the correct unit allocation. It counts the coins used on the front and the KWh, but if you know the KWh used and the rate the owner pays, just do it that way

the old 50p meter

the old 50p meter

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