Badger Meter E-Series Ultrasonic Meters - Manual (Page 7)

Protect Against Leakage
Before turning on the service water, use care to protect against potential leakage
1 Shut off the valves on both the inlet and outlet sides of the meter
2 Open the curb (shutoff) valve slowly to pressurize the service line to the meter
3 Slowly open the meter's inlet-side valve to fill the meter
4 Check for leaks around the meter and its connections
5 Slowly open the meter's outlet-side valve to pressurize the consumer side of the system
6 Open a faucet to allow entrapped air to escape
7 Once water is flowing normally, turn off the faucet
E-SERIES ULTRASONIC METER OPERATIONS
Meter Display
The Badger Meter E-Series Ultrasonic meters use a nine-digit Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) to show consumption, flow and
alarm information See Status Indicators chart on page 10 for detailed descriptions
Lines Indicating Typical
Billing Segments
Status Indicators
Unit of Measure
Flow Rate
Activating the Display
The Ultrasonic meter's display illuminates when the register cover is opened After a period of time, the display will revert to
sleep mode You can alternate the display between total flow and rate of flow mode by touching the optical display switch or
by closing and opening the meter's lid The optical switch is located just below the LCD on the left side of the register's face
Optical
Switch
Unit of Measure
The unit of measure and resolution are factory programmed and options include gallons, cubic feet and cubic meters
For 3/4" through 1" meters, totalized flow displays up to 10 million gallons with a resolution of 0 01 gallons, one million cubic
feet with a resolution of 0 001 cubic feet, or 100 thousand cubic meters with a resolution of 0 0001 cubic meters
For the 1-1/2" and 2" meters, totalized flow displays up to 100 million gallons with a resolution of 0 1 gallons, 10 million cubic
feet with a resolution of 0 01 cubic feet, or one million cubic meters with a resolution of 0 001
User Manual
Page 7 August 2014