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Title: Tin Meter Repair
Author: Phillip E. Opp, Jr.
Source: 1971 Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course
Year Published: 1971
Abstract: Those of us still in the tin meter repair business must feel like the village blacksmith after the arrival of the Model T. Our days may be numbered, but we are by no means out of business. In the Consolidated Natural Gas Company operating area there are still over 600,000 tin meters in service and, as far as we are concerned, those meters should stay in service as long as on-line performance and condition substantiate such policy, Whether tin meters are returned to service at the end of a set period is entirely dependent upon economics. In other words, can a tin meter be given the attention in the repair shop necessary for its return to service at a reasonable cost? How much work can be done on a tin meter in face of todays labor and material market? Our approach is to be highly selective in repair of tin meters returned from service and to put only as much work into the meter as is necessary. Only repair work above the valve table is considered and any fitting-up work applies to only about one tin meter of four processed. Diaphragm replacement has been discontinued for years.

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