How much does it cost to relocate an electric meter in a private home?

Many people are often concerned about what to do if the electric meter stops working and where to go. Unfortunately, no matter what the device is (electrical, mechanical), sooner or later it becomes unusable.

Among the main reasons, several can be identified, for example, overload, mechanical stress or network failures. This article provides guidelines for action in cases where the electricity meter fails.

Service characteristics

Relocating an electricity meter in a private home means changing the location of the device for measuring electricity consumption. Performed at the request of the owner of the premises. Must not contradict the requirements of the PUE.

It may be necessary to move the electric meter in the following cases:

• A major renovation is being carried out and it is planned to place a cabinet or mirror at the location of the electric meter.
• I would like to move the meter from the street to the hallway for more convenient readings.

You should not carry the electrical appliance yourself. It is very difficult. You should contact a professional.

Which organizations to contact

If your meter fails, immediately call your home's energy supply company and notify them of the situation. Assess the possible danger posed by a faulty measuring device; it may buzz, smell like burning, or smoke.

In this case, you should immediately turn off the voltage supply to the input. Next, you will need to come to the energy supply organization and write a statement that will oblige its employees to come to the site to carry out repairs. Immediately check the date and time of the specialists’ visit.

Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the electricity meter yourself. Even if you just need to “correct” the contact, you will have to open the seal, which is prohibited by law and subject to a serious fine.

Having arrived at the site, the inspector will prepare and write a report that will testify to the malfunction of the device measuring electricity consumption. Before this, he will check whether there has been any interference with the operation of the meter and write off its last readings. Don’t forget to ask the inspector about the cause of the breakdown and make sure that he writes it down in the report. This will help avoid further problems when determining who is responsible for the breakdown.

Checking and repairing the electric meter

Factors influencing price

The cost of moving an electricity meter varies. The price level is influenced by the following factors:

1. Workload.
2. Urgency of order fulfillment.
3. Characteristics of the metering device.
4. Difficulty in transferring.
5. Performer type.
6. Qualification and experience of the master.
7. Region of service provision.
8. Tariff policy of the performing company.

Blog Eftel

The other day I received a message.
From a native housing company. Telling about sad things. Like - your old electric meter is completely outdated, and therefore you need to urgently replace it. And it’s better to use two tariffs. Since I was not the only one who received such a message, but (as it turned out) almost half the city, there was even more excitement in the energy sales company.

They didn’t kill themselves in those lines, they waited for half a month, and then they found out everything and everyone. The meter needs to be changed. You can use the services of the same energy sales company. For only two thousand rubles approximately. The service seemed good, but I didn’t like it. And it’s expensive, and... I don’t want to use such services.

Right there, in a store at an energy sales company, we bought a two-tariff meter Mercury 200.02 for 1,240 rubles. The store offered their services - we can come and change it - only 500 rubles. I took my phone just in case.

The company left a request to check and seal the new meter. FREE. During two weeks. At the window they warned that if you came tomorrow, this service would cost 200 rubles. Interesting, of course.

I looked at what there is on the Internet about replacing electric meters. As usual, I didn’t find anything (except for a million ways to steal electricity), and therefore decided to change the meter myself. Which is what I want to share.

In principle, the work is not difficult. With certain skill it takes about 10 minutes in total. Because:

Despite the abundance of meter options, there is one good standard that everyone adheres to - the order in which the contacts of any meter are connected, from left to right -

Input phase, Output phase, Input zero, Output zero

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The work comes down to determining what you have connected to your meter. For me, for example, everything was connected like this: input Zero output Zero input Phase output Phase. This is a completely official connection by some former Soviet electricians. I read somewhere on the Internet that it is precisely this connection that is used for further theft of electricity. And, if such a connection to the meter is detected, it allegedly entails the imposition of some kind of four-digit fine on the owner of the apartment.

About the seals on the old meter. Maybe you have them. I didn't have any specifically. Probably never.

Fear also gets in the way. Getting into something like this (it’s 2011 outside. Ultra-highly developed Rashev civilization. Super nanotechnology. All the best for people) -

To determine what is going into your input, you will definitely need an indicator screwdriver. You also need to determine which packets supply electricity to your meter. Well, it also doesn’t hurt to mark certain wires.

There are no fastening screws/nuts in the Mercury kit, and therefore it is better to prepare bolts with nuts, washers and groovers in advance. Diameter M6, length 15 mm, 3 sets. You should not rely on fasteners from the previous meter. Old meters are fixed, as a rule, a blunder. Mine was secured with one bolt. The meter standing nearby was generally secured with wire.

For installation in the previous seats, the Mercury kit includes a special strip that can be precisely screwed into place of the old meter. The counter itself is simply snapped onto this bar.

After such preparatory work, it will take only 10 minutes to change the meter.

When installing wires, unscrew and use both screws of the terminal block! The end of the wire, stripped of insulation, should be 15 millimeters long.

After turning on the batcher, the counter starts working immediately. No settings are required. Date, time, tariffs have already been set. Our night rate runs from 22:00 to 7:00. And also on weekends - Saturday from 7:00 to 15:00 day rate, then there is a night rate. All evening, night, all Sunday, night and only at 7:00 on Monday the day rate begins. The meter can take into account holidays, but it is not yet clear whether it is programmed to take into account holidays.

The transition to summer time is taken into account by the meter and is carried out automatically (accounting and non-accounting is also programmed). Just how it will work now (after the abolition of summer-winter time) is still unclear.

It’s just not clear yet about savings.

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The tariffs here are interesting.

Our daily tariff is exactly the same as for single-tariff meters - 2.3 rubles/kW (this is for the Nizhny Novgorod region). The night tariff is generally 1.15 rubles/kW

Fairy tale!? Otherwise! In general, we will pay half as much, at first glance.

However, if you read and count, it turns out a little differently. Firstly, it is unlikely that any energy company will suddenly start operating at a loss and voluntarily agree to receive less money from some day on. Why? That’s why energy companies are wise to what they can do.

If in almost all regions the energy companies directly and honestly stated that owners of two-tariff meters will pay more, and simply made different tariffs for single-tariff and two-tariff meters, then in the “native” Nizhny Novgorod region they went much further.

The daily rate is the same for everyone. But! Somewhere in small handwriting, which is not mentioned anywhere, of course, it is written: The social norm for owners of two-tariff meters has been halved!!!

That is, with a single-tariff meter, I could consume 50 kW per month and pay a tariff of 2.3 rubles/kW. This is a social norm. If I exceed it, the tariff becomes TWO times higher, that is, 4.56 rubles/kW.

I am a Soviet man, our country is underdeveloped, and therefore I somehow fit into the tariff, 50 kW per month. It’s close, but it turns out (look on the Internet how many kilowatts are allocated per person even in the most underdeveloped countries of the world - you’re simply amazed - HOW DO WE LIVE???)

Now my social norm has become 25 kW per month. If it is exceeded, I will have to pay 4.56 rubles/kW for light. Cool? - And how!

No, the local leadership, of course, has verbiage. And any official will immediately say, “We didn’t reduce anything!” Your social norm is still 50 kW! Only the other 25 kW of social services went into the night tariff (if you exceed 25 kW of night social services, then it will cost 2.28 rubles / kW).

This is great! Simply a brilliant idea! Especially when you consider (the Internet is a lot of things) that the average family of three people consumes about 8 kW per month at night (out of the required 150 kW). Because in general, everyone works during the day and sleeps at night. The remaining 142 kW is consumed during the day.

In reality, this means only one thing - you will have to pay clearly more than you paid with a single-tariff meter. Because as soon as half a month I will pay at the normal tariff - 2.3 rubles / kW. In the second half of the month, electricity will cost me 4.56 rubles/kW.

[19.05.11]

A little different, after all. More difficult. Somehow the shortage or excess is taken into account according to social norms. See below.

I will present the actual costs and payments for electricity here over the course of several months.

Corrections and results:

I went to the NSC website (nsk.elektra.ru) and tried their calculator. He gave out the WRONG thing! I couldn't stand it, I wrote to support. They responded almost immediately (the next morning). They answered - we will fix it! The bottom line is that there is a Resolution 42-35_10, where paragraph 3 states that if there is a shortfall of up to half the social norm at any tariff (day or night), then the remaining social kilowatts are transferred to the other half of the tariff.

Below is the table. Added 05/11/11. Despite the fact that a month and 10 days have passed, there have been no sealers yet! I built the first line myself. I took the data from the old meter from the last payment before the replacement, took the readings of the new meter minus the initial readings, added them up and wrote it all down on the receipt. That is, on the old one, 11 kW burned up before removal, and on the new one, upon arrival of the receipt, 72 kW burned up during the day, and 67 kW at night.

We are waiting for the processing results. In theory, since the daily rate for social services has passed (75 social services for three, 83 total for the month), the “deprivation” of 8 kW should somehow be transferred to the night tariff (because there is a reserve for the night social services - the same 8 kW) . It’s interesting to see what they count!

19.05.2011

Call from Energo.

Holy shit!!! 46 days have passed since the submission of the Application for sealing! They also command. To me. Like take a day off for 1000 rubles. (at your own expense) and wait all day! He scolded me and said that the electrician should come in the afternoon, with a preliminary call. They seemed to agree.

And they called - most likely, our interesting receipt with transitional figures reached the NSC. Without her, no one would have remembered that they promised to come and seal the meter within TWO weeks.

By the way. NOTHING has changed on the NSC website in the Calculator section! The “surplus” of day or night consumption does not go anywhere! So when calculating how much you need to pay, be careful! This is such an interesting company.

20.05.11

Call from Energo - be home after lunch. And for some reason it MUST be an adult.

- Why??? — the electrician must disconnect everything, check it, then connect everything, then check everything for him (that everything works), then sign it. Must be an adult to sign. — what is there to check? I did everything and prepared all the documents! Business for a minute - take a look and put a seal! My daughter will meet me and show everything. - no, it won’t work. Must be an adult. Then next week. - but I can’t do it! And next week! - Well, you won’t get a sealing. - that’s your problem!

They hung up. Afterwards I called for a long time, maybe I’ll have time in the evening. I dialed the number for half an hour - it was always busy (tel. 2-43-12 - energy company). Couldn't get through.

That's all the sealing is!

I wonder why the electrician has to turn everything off??? And why does an adult have to be present to sign something???

I didn’t understand the essence of the Energy Company’s work. To check 4 wires, the ELECTRICAL does not need to turn anything off!

It is NOT my initiative to change the meter, and I am not required to sign anything. We are talking about checking and sealing an already installed meter! What should I sign? That the meter is sealed? Why an electrician then?

We are waiting to see what happens next...

27.05.11

The payment for electricity has arrived. How much to pay? Right. If there is no seal, then there is no meter. The payment contains the following numbers: consumption 159 kW, payable 386.04 rubles. For 2.4279 rub. per kW. This is according to the standard, that is.

And why I cited all these calculations and numbers is unclear.

We came to the customer service department. With the old meter, with documents for the new one. So what? Never mind. They sent me to the director and that’s it. And the director works only on weekdays and only until 16 hours, for some reason.

Haven't paid anything yet. Because we pay according to the meter. And the payment they brought was ILLEGAL. I posted on the energy company’s website, what should I do?

The sealer has been missing for almost two months now (the application was submitted on April 2, today is May 29).

16.06.11

There is no response from the Energy Company. We finally got to the director of the local branch - he simply answered - don’t pay yet. There will be no penalty. And in general, it’s a complete mess with these counters. Wait for the electrician.

Another call from the dispatcher. Tomorrow from 9 to 14, be at home, the electrician will come. I answer - I can’t, I’m at work, can I clarify the electrician’s arrival time? - No. — Will my 14-year-old daughter go for a signature? - 14? This is a minor. It won't work. Agree with your neighbors or something... They must sign some kind of Act. That the electrician sealed the meter.

More chatter and search for a solution. It didn't work out. He said - tell the electrician that I will arrive at the house at one o'clock in the afternoon, at lunch - let him come at that time. - Goodbye.

Hard. There is no contact with an electrician. They won't give you time off. What fool came up with such nonsense, I wonder?

17.06.11

Despite the uncertainty whether the electrician would come or not, the wife did take a few hours at her own expense. Call at 10:30! From an electrician. - Will anyone be home? I'll be with you in two minutes. - yes, they are waiting for you.

Ten minutes of work and here it is, Rashev’s happiness! There is a filling! For the next 16 years! And for free!

We submitted an application on April 2 and received a seal on June 17. Two and a half months.

Regarding the receipt with incorrect numbers, he said - wait a couple of days until the data on the sealing and meter readings are in the Energy Company, then come and demand a recalculation.

30.06.11

Another ticket. Pay according to the standard - for 159 kW. Why the sealer came is unclear. Why they installed a new meter is unclear. Again, waste time in line, achieve and prove that we are not fools. That we need to recalculate the electricity data for the last two months. That they HAVE data on the new meter and the results of the sealing.

Fucking country.

01.07.11

Everything is put on. We paid the next receipt. The data on the new meter for April was “forgiven” to us, without taking into account the nighttime 67 kW. That is, they considered that these “night” ones were “daytime” and added them to the real “daytime” ones.

Clause 3 of the PCT Regulation seems to be being implemented. You can, of course, sue, demand a recalculation for April and return the illegally taken approximately 70 rubles. We will not. It will be much more expensive.

To be honest, as a person with a mathematical bent, I did not understand anything about the Energosbyt company receipts. I spent several hours trying to figure out the dates, readings, and calculations. I especially didn’t understand why in May, having spent 0 KW, we received a debt of 267.95 rubles, which we had to pay on 07/01/11. I compiled the table below as best I could. I can only say that the Energosbyt company employs complete morons as calculators and programmers.

Over the next few months, the “Expenses and Payments” table will be updated so that you can at least somehow assess the feasibility of switching to a two-tariff meter.

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On 04/03/11, when removed, the old meter showed 5607.1 kW. When installed new, it was T1 2.63 kW, T2 0.06 kW

Table of costs and payments:

30.08.11

, Ass.

Ass arrived today. Along with a piece of paper for paying for electricity. Added line ONE. Allegedly, we spent 29 kW for general house expenses in the amount of 66.7 rubles. A quarter of residential electricity!!!

Complete, blatant, natural DECEPTION and a violation of all conceivable and inconceivable laws. Ass, in short. Long live the Kstovo Administration!

I’m still in shock and don’t know who to sue. Why else would you pay that kind of money? For 40 watts of a light bulb in the entrance??? BASTARDS.

27.09.11

, Insanity

Many questions to the kduk and the energy company yielded nothing. There are continuous violations of all laws and regulations. Today they already brought a new payment. Since there was no payment or figures for the previous one, the payment was brought with payment according to the standard. 500 rub. for the month of August for light. Instead of 240 rub. average. Again a violation of yet another energy company regulation. They make their own decisions. They themselves immediately violate it. Because the numbers should have at least taken the average for the last months. No, they just failed according to the standard, that’s all.

We decided to pay that payment, along with the ODN. And then sue. Both with the energy company and with KDuk. The figures for August were averaged.

23.01.14

, Insanity squared

For many months now we have been paying for electricity at the same tariff - daily. Because they force you to reprogram the meter for new time zones at your own expense (800 rubles). Three trials, several letters yielded nothing. Absolutely insane people answer. There is no point in installing two or even three tariff meters. Moreover, those who still have single-tariff meters now pay significantly less than those who have two-tariff meters. This is the reality.

Types of service

The following change in the location of the electricity meter is possible:

• From indoors to the street to the facade of a house or a pillar.
• From the facade to the hallway or dressing room.
• From one wall to another within the room.

You can transfer the following counter:

• Single phase.
• Three-phase.

Depending on the operating principle, the following metering device can be transferred:

1. Electronic.
2. Induction.

It is possible to transfer the device with or without developing a power supply system project. You can move the electric meter to another location with or without replacing the device.

Depending on the time allocated for work, it is possible to transfer the electricity meter:

• Urgent (done in a short time).
• Regular (performed in order of priority).

Signs of a broken meter

It is quite easy to detect a breakdown of the meter; as a rule, it is visible to the naked eye based on one or more signs:

1. Mechanical damage to the outer shell of the measuring device (case, sight glass), including chips, dents or cracks.
2. If the body of the electric meter is melted, and marks are visible on the contacts and a burning smell is felt, this means that the device has burned out.
3. Amplitude at work. When electrical appliances are turned off, the disk rotates with double energy or, conversely, is practically motionless when a large number of energy consumers are working.
4. Makes “extra” sounds during operation.
5. Does not show data, although the power supply is normal. Also, the indicator light does not light up, which is typical for electronic versions of meters.

If you discover a malfunction, the main thing is not to panic, since this is an ordinary situation that can be solved without special material costs, it is only important to follow a certain sequence.

The electric meter does not work: reasons

These are just some of the possible problems in the operation of electric meters that can be solved using the following tips.

Estimated cost

In Russia, electricians provide a service to residents of private houses to move the electric meter to the required location for 1000-5000 rubles . Moving the device from indoors to outdoors costs about 3000-5000 rubles, and within housing - 2000-2500 rubles . The prices of different companies are shown in the table.

Private electricians are ready to move the metering device at a more attractive price - for 1000-4000 rubles , depending on the volume and complexity of the work.

How do you pay?

To make a payment you will need a receipt with the accrued amount for the light, a calculator and a pen.

The algorithm of actions is as follows:

• We take readings from a two-tariff meter for the day and night shifts.
• We take the old receipt, according to which payment was made for the last month, and subtract the previous parameters in the section “On the day of payment” from the figure of the new readings. We multiply the resulting number by the tariff that is valid in the city (region) of residence.
• We subtract from the number of “night” readings the data that is recorded in the old receipt in the column “On the day of payment”. We multiply the resulting number by the tariff that applies to the night zone.
• Sum up the received figures for the day and night, after which we make a payment taking into account the result obtained at the nearest bank branch or in another way (for example, at a Russian Post office).