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Posted by DAVID ALEXANDER on November 8, 2006, 11:22 am
Last week, when I got my water bill, it was a whopping $185.00. On checking
my water meter, it was spinning at the rate of about 3 gallons per minute.
I checked for anything leaking in the house and didn't find anything. The
same for the outside faucets. There's no evidence of water leaks outside,
no damp spots, etc.
My plumber came out and checked everything, but couldn't come up with
anything. I called the city water folks and one of them came out and looked
all around, even using a listening device they have. He couldn't find
anything, either, although he said the sounds were louder on the end of the
house where the septic tank and an outside faucet are located.
I haven't been able to locate the valve next to the house that turns off all
of the water, so I went home after the city water guy left, determined to
dig up my yard if needed. I went to turn off the water so we wouldn't waste
any more, and found that the meter was no longer running! I couldn't
believe it.
I called the city guy and told him that the meter had stopped, and he could
hardly believe it. We both know a leak doesn't plug itself. He had no
suggestions. I was just grateful that it had stopped.
I kept an eye on the meter for a couple of hours and it didn't budge.
However, a few hours later, just before I went to bed, I decided to check it
again and, sure enough, it was running again for no reason.
Any suggestions or analysis would be appreciated.
David Alexander
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Posted by on November 8, 2006, 11:31 am
DAVID ALEXANDER wrote:
> Last week, when I got my water bill, it was a whopping $185.00. On checking
> my water meter, it was spinning at the rate of about 3 gallons per minute.
> I checked for anything leaking in the house and didn't find anything. The
> same for the outside faucets. There's no evidence of water leaks outside,
> no damp spots, etc.
>
> My plumber came out and checked everything, but couldn't come up with
> anything. I called the city water folks and one of them came out and looked
> all around, even using a listening device they have. He couldn't find
> anything, either, although he said the sounds were louder on the end of the
> house where the septic tank and an outside faucet are located.
>
> I haven't been able to locate the valve next to the house that turns off all
> of the water, so I went home after the city water guy left, determined to
> dig up my yard if needed. I went to turn off the water so we wouldn't waste
> any more, and found that the meter was no longer running! I couldn't
> believe it.
>
> I called the city guy and told him that the meter had stopped, and he could
> hardly believe it. We both know a leak doesn't plug itself. He had no
> suggestions. I was just grateful that it had stopped.
>
> I kept an eye on the meter for a couple of hours and it didn't budge.
> However, a few hours later, just before I went to bed, I decided to check it
> again and, sure enough, it was running again for no reason.
>
> Any suggestions or analysis would be appreciated.
>
> David Alexander
If it's a traditional mechanical water meter, my strong suspicion would
be that the water is in fact going somewhere. These are driven only
by mechanical movement caused by water flow. They could be
inaccurate, but I can't see how you could get wheels spinning without
water going by. If it's an electronic one, then it's at least
theoretically possible for the electronics to go nuts and show water
usage when none is occurring.
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Posted by Bob F on November 8, 2006, 2:01 pm
> Last week, when I got my water bill, it was a whopping $185.00. On
checking
> my water meter, it was spinning at the rate of about 3 gallons per minute.
> I checked for anything leaking in the house and didn't find anything. The
> same for the outside faucets. There's no evidence of water leaks outside,
> no damp spots, etc.
>
> My plumber came out and checked everything, but couldn't come up with
> anything. I called the city water folks and one of them came out and
looked
> all around, even using a listening device they have. He couldn't find
> anything, either, although he said the sounds were louder on the end of
the
> house where the septic tank and an outside faucet are located.
>
> I haven't been able to locate the valve next to the house that turns off
all
> of the water, so I went home after the city water guy left, determined to
> dig up my yard if needed. I went to turn off the water so we wouldn't
waste
> any more, and found that the meter was no longer running! I couldn't
> believe it.
>
> I called the city guy and told him that the meter had stopped, and he
could
> hardly believe it. We both know a leak doesn't plug itself. He had no
> suggestions. I was just grateful that it had stopped.
>
> I kept an eye on the meter for a couple of hours and it didn't budge.
> However, a few hours later, just before I went to bed, I decided to check
it
> again and, sure enough, it was running again for no reason.
>
> Any suggestions or analysis would be appreciated.
Was a neighbor watering his lawn at the same time? Do you
have a sprinkler system?
Bob
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Posted by Goedjn on November 8, 2006, 2:12 pm
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:22:30 -0600, "DAVID ALEXANDER"
>Last week, when I got my water bill, it was a whopping $185.00. On checking
>my water meter, it was spinning at the rate of about 3 gallons per minute.
>I checked for anything leaking in the house and didn't find anything. The
>same for the outside faucets. There's no evidence of water leaks outside,
>no damp spots, etc.
>
>My plumber came out and checked everything, but couldn't come up with
>anything. I called the city water folks and one of them came out and looked
>all around, even using a listening device they have. He couldn't find
>anything, either, although he said the sounds were louder on the end of the
>house where the septic tank and an outside faucet are located.
>
>I haven't been able to locate the valve next to the house that turns off all
>of the water, so I went home after the city water guy left, determined to
>dig up my yard if needed. I went to turn off the water so we wouldn't waste
>any more, and found that the meter was no longer running! I couldn't
>believe it.
>
>I called the city guy and told him that the meter had stopped, and he could
>hardly believe it. We both know a leak doesn't plug itself. He had no
>suggestions. I was just grateful that it had stopped.
>
>I kept an eye on the meter for a couple of hours and it didn't budge.
>However, a few hours later, just before I went to bed, I decided to check it
>again and, sure enough, it was running again for no reason.
>
>Any suggestions or analysis would be appreciated.
>
>David Alexander
>
Water-treatement with a screwed up timer? Or something
backwashing a filter? You have shut-offs inside the house,
right? STart turning them off.
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Posted by m Ransley on November 8, 2006, 3:43 pm
Look at your toilets, flappers leak, if you have the valve type they go
bad, you could put dye in the tank and see if the bowl changes color, or
just turn off your toilet valve and see if it stops.
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