After several years of operation, electric energy meters must be verified by representatives of the power supply company. The frequency of verification procedures is regulated by the manufacturer (for example, for Mercury 201 devices, the interval is 16 years). When conducting verification, repair and installation work, the owners need to imagine how to find out the number of the electricity meter. There are several ways to define it.
Electricity meter serial number
The easiest way to find the code you are looking for is to label the device itself. To do this, you need to imagine where the number of the meter is located on its body. It is usually located on the front (front) panel of the energy meter. The desired numerical combination is determined by the presence of the “No.” sign in front of it; in most cases, it includes 6 digits. Device manufacturers (Mercury, Cascade and others) can place the encoding in different places on the display, depending on the specific model. More often it is located in the lower part, under the field showing the energy costs, but can be placed on top or side. Thanks to such localization, the owner of the device will not have to dismantle it and remove it from the dyn-rail to see the number. The code cannot be changed, therefore it is recommended to write it down - the data is most likely to be useful in the future.
Counter release date
The year of manufacture is necessarily indicated on the instrument panel - in some cases (for example, for many Neva meters) it is also on the same line with the number. The full date can be found in the passport included in the set of technical documentation for the energy meter.
In addition to the actual release date, sometimes you may need information about when the device was connected to the network and the initial verification was performed. This can also be found out from the corresponding record in the passport, as well as in some cases from the inscriptions on the seal.
During verification, the user is advised to check that the date on the seal (if there is one) and in the passport match.
How to find the number of the electricity meter
In the receipt
If for some reason the user was unable to see the number of the electricity meter on the case, a receipt for paying for electricity, which arrives in the mailbox every month, can help. The device number is searched on the left side of the account. As a rule, it is six-digit. More often it is placed next to the field, which indicates data on how much electricity the consumer has consumed.
On the site
To find out information about the meter online, you can use the public services portal or the official web representation of the company that supplies electricity to the apartment. In the first case, registration on the portal will be required, confirmed by a physical letter received at the post office. In the second, an account is created with confirmation via e-mail, but to create it on the websites of many suppliers, an account number and the last amount paid for electricity are required. After registering, the consumer can write the number of the device, as well as check the indications and the presence of arrears in payment.
The reviewers
Once every three months, employees of companies supplying electric energy carry out a functional check of metering devices and take readings.If the consumer needs help in finding out the device number, he can contact the specialists performing the verification. When the meter is subjected to test work, it is dismantled from the rail or cabinet. In the process, two copies of the act on the procedure are prepared, in which a number of characteristics of the device, including the serial number, are recorded. One of the copies is handed over to the consumer of services.
You can also find out the number from the passport documentation, in which they make the necessary notes and give them out after installing the device in its original place.
At the electricity supplier service
The consumer can also find out the number of the operated device by contacting the service of the company that supplies electricity to his place of residence. This will require knowledge of the telephone number, physical or electronic address of the company. Such calls are also made after the verification procedure in order to compare the number of the device connected to the network, which was returned at the end of the work, with the one recorded in the prepared documentation. Then the consumer can be sure that the supplier’s representatives did not intentionally or unintentionally replace the original device with another. In order to avoid subsequent claims, the company's employees, after checking, should ask the user to sign the instrument installation certificate. The data indicated in it must be immediately verified with the data in the passport documentation.
In the passport of the device
The passport, along with the instruction manual, is included in the factory set of papers delivered in a box with the device itself. On the initial pages of this document information about the electric meter, which may be needed during repair work or for verification, is placed. These include the serial number. When the purchased meter is first sealed and verified by representatives of the electricity supplier company, a document is issued on acceptance of the metering device into operation. This document also contains room information.
In most cases, the serial number of the device is easy to find by finding it on the front panel. To do this, you do not need to dismantle the device or look for special documentation. If this did not work out, you can find the code in the papers and receipts associated with the meter, or by contacting the representatives of the electricity supplier.
