strang thing on my powar meeter

i jus found dis attached to my powar meeter for my huose and i cut it of and tok sum pix so maybe sumbudy can tel me wat it is bc i rly hav no ideas.





my camra is rly old and crapy so dez r teh best pix i culd tak of it. i think its rfid to track wat my powar meeter say... PLEAZ HELP ME!!!

IT'S A SPELL CHECKING DEVICE!! Nah, just kidding friend, all it is is a tamper proof seal that the electric company puts on there. I don't think you were supposed to remove that.

y not!? shoud i put it bak!?!? am i gonna goto jail for dis??

nun of teh other meeters had tags lik dat on dem wel one did but it wuz blu and not red

its an anti tmper tag, blu red mite be indicat old equip or interupt servis. u shud rplas it rite away.

Note: I tried to type so you could read it, but it wasn't easy.

y wuld the put a tag on my meeter to stop temparing tho? my powar hasnt ben shut of or anythig and it waznt thar last week wen i di my laundry. so y now???

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[edit on 26/5/2006 by Mirthful Me]

I am laughing so hard I can hardly type, so excuse the errors…
This has to be the funniest thread I have ever seen in my life…

That is a tag to ensure you do not open your meter and roll it back to avoid being charged for power you used. Meter readers put a new one on each time they open it, and there is no way to put it back as they will see its been cut. I recommend claiming ignorance, write them a letter.

Good luck with your bill next month.
Luv the speeeeellling.


[edit on 5/26/2006 by defcon5]

U cood be charged fer dat as it aginst da law to remoov dat ting.

If I wur U Id call da power company and say dat some dum kid wuz tampering wit your box of da power!

dat iz nutz!

Do wat he said ^...

In writing....

How about we unravel this situation using the Queen's English that everyone on ATS is so comfortable butchering vice the base language known as "text speak."

Thanks.

I work for the local power company.

What's your address?


Depending on where you live, there is a large scale program to install remote readable electric meters. Much of this work is being performed by contractors.

In some cases your meter base may not have been opened for decades and the old meter base seal may have been removed during electrical work by electricians, HVAC contractors and so on.
Many times these contractors forget to notify the power company that their work is complete.

The next time the metering department comes by, they will inspect the meter base for tampering
and reseal it.

As long as you have not tampered with your meter, simply call your local power company
and ask them to inspect your meter base and reseal it.

It's no big deal.

if you dont report it they will do to you what hapened to my friend
and pull your meeter and u wont get it back till you pay a fine
plus penaltys dependeing on you r city and state codes..