Badger Meter E-Series Ultrasonic Meters - Manual

E-Series® Ultrasonic Meter
Quick Start Guide
ESM-I-01-EN (March 2013)
62014-163 Rev. 1
ULTRASONIC METER PRE-INSTALLATION
• Inspect the piping around the meter setting for suitable
conditions. The service line, valves, connections and meter must
be watertight. Repair the piping system if corroded or damaged.
• Set the meter in a horizontal or vertical position with flow in the
up direction. Registration should be upright and protected from
damage, freezing, and tampering.
• Position the meter so it is accessible for installation, removal
and reading.
• Verify that a suitable, electrical grounding wire is properly
attached to the upstream and downstream pipe connections
of the meter. The grounding wire provides an alternative path
for any electrical current that may exist across the opening in
the line.
• Close the curb (shutoff) valve to relieve water pressure in the
line before starting the cutting operation. Provide a high-quality
upstream shutoff valve with a low pressure drop.
• When cutting into a new section of service pipe, flush the pipe
to clear chips, pipe dope or other plumbing residue.
• For 5/8" to 1" meters, the line opening in which the meter is
to be set should match the laying length of the meter, allowing
slight additional space for coupling gaskets. The inlet and outlet
sides of the meter should be set axially aligned to the pipe.
• For 1-1/2" and 2" meters, the line opening in which the meter
is to be set should match the laying length of the meter. For
optimal performance and accuracy, it is also recommended that
five to ten diameters of straight pipe be installed upstream of
the meter.
• The installed meter must not be an obstacle or a hazard to the
customer or interfere with public safety.
• During meter installation, you may choose to replace the old
gaskets with the provided 9/64" thick rubber gaskets.
Storage Mode
All E-Series Ultrasonic meters are delivered in a storage mode
so that a meter alarm is not triggered. During storage mode, the
empty pipe shows up on the LCD display as an error message, but
it will not trigger a meter alarm. The meter needs to sense a full
pipe for 24 hours for the meter to go from storage mode to normal
operation. If installed when the meter is still in storage mode, the
meter will function as expected with the addition of also displaying
“err” on the flow rate screen. The meter will display consumption
and, if connected to AMR/AMI, will send a reading to the endpoint.
When the meter is in normal operation, the meter alarm displays
immediately upon detecting the empty pipe condition. The alarm
clears immediately after the condition is corrected and the pipe is
full. Systems that support the additional alarm conditions will be
notified that an empty pipe condition has occurred.
Status Indicators
Other indicators and alarms appear in the display as symbols that
illuminate when the condition is active and dim when the alarm
condition is eliminated. For additional status indicator information,
refer to the Installation and Operation manuals, available online at
www.badgermeter.com .