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Parking Meters Question

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  • 20-02-2016 9:24pm
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    KingBrian2
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    Those parking meters in town. I never noticed it before but they have large rods sticking up out of them with what looks like a blue chess board on top. What is the function of this rod?


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    thebiglad
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    Solar power


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    GM228
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    I think most (if not all) modern parking meters are battery powered with the solar panel keeping the batteries charged.

    Is there any of the old manual wind up type meters left?


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    KingBrian2
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    They change them so often I couldn't tell. I never knew about the Solar power until just now.


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    savagethegoat
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    GM228 wrote: »
    I think most (if not all) modern parking meters are battery powered with the solar panel keeping the batteries charged.

    Is there any of the old manual wind up type meters left?

    so, the solar ones work off the sun and the wind up ones work off the wind? We run the electricity off the gas and ......... (etc)


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    L1011
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    GM228 wrote: »
    Is there any of the old manual wind up type meters left?

    Doubtful. Dublin replaced decades ago - most of the older units have Dublin Corporation on them they're that old


    Wind = clockwork, not the blowy thingy


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