Recently, humanity has been saving on almost everything, as there is a significant increase in prices. The tariff is regularly increased for utilities, in particular water supply. From this point on, it becomes unprofitable to pay according to the traditional tariff plan. That is why people install accounting units, for which sealing of meters is required.
In fact, this service is carried out exclusively by management companies, and if this is an initial appeal, then it is performed free of charge. Self-assembly of the seal to the designed mechanism is prohibited, as a result of which it is considered a refusal to supply the water consumption meter for accounting and its registration.
Antimagnetic and any other mechanisms for accounting and control of water supply coming into a house or apartment require mandatory installation of protection. A special service company that needs to be involved in this case affects the counter. In order to register water meters for a hot or cold main, you have to fulfill several of the following conditions:
Important! If, when inviting installers to seal the meters, you installed a device for hot water supply on a cold main, nothing bad will happen, and if the design was purchased for cold water, but installed on a hot pipeline, the inspector will prohibit the installation of a seal on it and will not record operation.
To choose the right water meters, you need to pay attention to their stickers or the shade of the case. If it is blue, then it is intended for a cold main, when it is needed for hot water supply, an option with a red stripe is suitable.
Sealing service scenario
Everything is done quite simply within 30-40 minutes, depending on how the owner fulfills the above conditions and how the installation is chosen correctly. Having invited a specialist to the house to install protection for the water meter, he, in turn, must perform the following actions:
After all the activities carried out and the signing of the act by the owner, the work can be considered completed. It should also be noted that when you re-apply to the management service to install protection due to its accidental damage due to the fault of use, the service costs from 500 rubles and more, depending on how many times the replacement has already been carried out.
Free sealing of the water meter is carried out only due to a breakdown of the device or its expiration date. But before you change the equipment yourself, you also need to contact the appropriate authority and take a work permit.
Important! To replace water equipment, it is better to purchase mechanical devices instead of ultrasonic and electromagnetic ones. Since the latter options often fail and require a lot of expenses. When buying, make sure that all the necessary parts are included with the device.
Anti-magnetic protection for savings: is it available?
To combat fraud and attempts to bypass the water meter, in order to reduce the cost of water supply, special anti-magnetic seals began to be used, which perfectly save in situations where the owner wants to act outside the law. See photo for what the fixture looks like.
Antimagnetic or magnetic protection has the form of a sticker, on the reverse side of which there is an adhesive base designed to be fixed on the meter. During normal operation of the water meter, the magnetic seal remains the same for a long time, but as soon as the illegal saving method is used, the tape will change color. In this case, when checking by the inspector, it is possible to impose a fine on the owner of the house.
To date, anti-magnetic (magnetic) protection has several varieties and sometimes it is difficult to calculate whether this is a dummy or a specially designed device. A magnetic seal that does not have any water meter protection properties can be removed for inspection, despite the fact that it does not differ in any way from traditional strips. If a fake is found, the owner of the property is fined for having installed the wrong anti-magnetic protection, in the amount of 1,000 to 3,000 rubles.
How to bypass anti-magnetic stickers on water meters?
Despite the penalties under the law, the majority of citizens independently began to increasingly attempt to deceive anti-magnetic seals. If you have cold water, the magnetic protection can be affected by dry ice. It freezes the action of the strip, after which it does not respond to changes in the magnetic field, if you put a magnet.
If the sticker worked, the probability of replacing it yourself with a purchased new one is negligible, since the one that the specialists installed has an individual number. Therefore, the owner will not be able to avoid a fine and waste for the protection installation service.
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