Trying to figure out what these are

**Mechanic688** · 09-20-2014, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by Scrappah

The thing to the right of the water meter is the water meter bottom plate. It's made of cast iron and it's intended to break if the meter starts to freeze up in cold weather.

Lots a brass in those things. As last i knew the water districts were changing over to stainless steel water meters. There might be hundreds of thousands of the brass ones coming on the scrap market. Something to keep an eye open for.

When I was searching it out there were quite a few listings for different styles of meters on Ebay.

**Scrappah** · 09-20-2014, 12:35 PM

It's enough to make your spin eh ?

What it means is that A LOT of brass water meters are going to have to be taken out of service and sent to the scrap yard for recycling.

If you were looking for computers to scrap you might get in good with a computer repair shop.

If you could build a relationship with someone in the water department it could turn out to be a rich source of scrap metal. Things made of copper & brass but also tons and tons of iron & steel.

**kcscrapper** · 09-20-2014, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Scrappah

It's enough to make your spin eh ?

What it means is that A LOT of brass water meters are going to have to be taken out of service and sent to the scrap yard for recycling.

If you were looking for computers to scrap you might get in good with a computer repair shop.

If you could build a relationship with someone in the water department it could turn out to be a rich source of scrap metal. Things made of copper & brass but also tons and tons of iron & steel.

Ya but people now days know what scrap is going for especially plumbers and electrians. Some save it for a month and turn it in for like a company dinner or something like that.