Old electric coin meter problem

foozzybear61

Had an old 2e coin meter installed in the workshop, it appears the amount of electric that the coin buys is too low

Should get about 10 units for each coin
The electrician tried setting the dial inside a couple of times but not getting it right, dot want to call him again and nobody else has any ideas either
there appears to be 2 bands A ...B
meter is set on B
Anyone here give me a walk through on how to set it or is it an electrican job.
video link would be great (tried u tube no luck

kneemos

Had one of those once.If you take out the twist handle there are settings to increase or decrease,make note of where it is before you pull it out.
Might be trial and error,but it's simple to adjust.

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foozzybear61

kneemos wrote: »

Had one of those once.If you take out the twist handle there are settings to increase or decrease,make note of where it is before you pull it out.
Might be trial and error,but it's simple to adjust.

Thanks...How do I take out the twist handle ? ,

kneemos

foozzybear61 wrote: »

Thanks...How do I take out the twist handle ? ,

Take out the coin box and unscrew the front.

foozzybear61

kneemos wrote: »

Take out the coin box and unscrew the front.

Will try that out tomorrow let you know how I get on

foozzybear61

think I got it solved , once I located the pin that sat in the cogs..
.Numbers on the dial were very faint but set it for ( I hope ! ) 9 units per coin will see how that works

Thanks again for the help.;)

kneemos

foozzybear61 wrote: »

think I got it solved , once I located the pin that sat in the cogs..
.Numbers on the dial were very faint but set it for ( I hope ! ) 9 units per coin will see how that works

Thanks again for the help.;)

Cool.

coylemj

Definitely can be done without an electrician, the units (kWh) of electricity per coin was intended to be set by landlords.