One night my neighbor was outside with flashlight near his electric meter. I know him fairly well & walked over to see him fiddling around with the interior dials. The glass cover was completely off!!!!! I asked what the hell he was doing and he told me I better not tell anyone. I agreed and he taught me everything he knew. This guy was saving thousands a year!!!
I tuned mine back shortly afterward but ran into a problem as the little pointer needle for the '100 KPH' broke right off when I tried to turn it backwards. There is definitely no way to get it back on there are even some weird coils sticking out now. To make matters worse all the other dials seem to be moving faster now (I assume charging me more). I put the cover back on but am worried. My neighbor is vacationing in Europe for the next 3 weeks so he can't help me.
How do I fix this? Are there any electricians that can help me with an answer? Actually anyone that can help me?
2007-03-28 03:56:05 · 6 answers · asked by Billy Jack H 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
lol...you take the prize my friend.
In order to get to the dials you had to break the seal the Electric Company puts on that glass cover...to remove that is a Federal Offense.
If you are not familiar with the word "COMEUPPANCE"...
look it up in the Dictionary because you are about to get yours.
2007-03-28 04:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by GeneL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell the electric company you think someone was tampering with your equipment and your very unhappy. Take the offensive, maybe even blow up the damn thing with a bomb if you think a broken needle looks sketchy. Erase all evidence that may link you to the crime, including fingerprints, boot-prints.. anything. Who knows how far they will investigate when they find out what happened. Try to get a lawyer that is a friend of the family, they always know how to get around things like this.
2007-03-28 11:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by spawny56 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How the heck do you save 1000s a year on your electric bill? I don't even spend 1000 dollars a year on electricity in the first place. As for your meter, its property of the electric company, and you're already in it deep for tampering with it, and you'll be in it deeper because you'll have to pay to have it replaced. I'd suggest you consider letting it have an "unfortunate accident" to cover up your tampering at least. Then they'll just ding you for a new meter probably.
2007-03-28 11:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by y2bmj 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is very silly. Maybe you could try finding an electrician who could offer advice as a hypothetical situation.
2007-03-28 11:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by turkletondracula 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better go out there and wipe of all your fingerprints......
You could try to glue it back on.....
Thats a hefty fine your looking at if they take you to court.....
I like y2b's answer, back you car into it, or do something to cover your goof.....
2007-03-28 11:03:51 · answer #5 · answered by Vincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You in beeeeeeeg trouble!!!!!!
2007-03-28 11:00:19 · answer #6 · answered by biscuitperifrank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋