Sources for a metered power cable?

[peter2407]

Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced supplier of metered power cables please?

 

[sailorman]

Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced supplier of metered power cables please?

is this an in-line meter

 

[peter2407]

Yes. The marina where I am having the boat lifted out ashore by says we need one.

 

[sailorman]

PM sent

 

[pvb]

The most common type is the Metermaid. Prices vary wildly but you should be able to get one for about £120 with short leads to connect to your shorepower lead.

 

[VicS]

Rolec Leadmaster is another . One advertised at present on the For Sale forum but presumably already "bagged"

 

[peter2407]

Thanks all. Sailorman of this parish has made one available at a good price.

 

[alan_d]

Only slightly drifting the thread - extract from letter recently received from Dunstaffnage Marina:

The Marina will no longer permit use of portable electric meters. This decision was taken due to the fire safety hazards surrounding them. We will now be charging a set rate for electric.

 

[Stressed]

We made our own and saved a small fortune. EBay has ex domestic mains metres for a few quid. Buy a housing from maplin with a clear lid. A couple of glands and a bit of sealant and hey presto. Convert your existing lead to one with a meter.

 

[nimbusgb]

Fit one of these into your distribution panel.

Won't get nicked, safe, secure.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Greenblue...Energy-Monitor-DIN-Rail-kWh-LCD-/301517674046

 

[sailorman]

Fit one of these into your distribution panel.

Won't get nicked, safe, secure.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Greenblue...Energy-Monitor-DIN-Rail-kWh-LCD-/301517674046

So you go & visit another marina, then wot ??????

 

[Carduelis]

Merermaid for sale

Just in case anyone reading this thread also needs one, I will have a one season old Metermaid available for sale at the end of March.

Pm me if interested.

 

[nimbusgb]

So you go & visit another marina, then wot ??????

Your panel in the boat! Not the one on the hard.

 

[sailorman]

Your panel in the boat! Not the one on the hard.

I do realise that, hence the question. clocking up units when away, how do your marina cope with that

 

[st599]

Your panel in the boat! Not the one on the hard.

But the home Marina would then charge you for units bought in the other marina.

 

[nimbusgb]

But the home Marina would then charge you for units bought in the other marina.

Really???? Do you expect to have a metered cable for each marina you visit?

A metered cable is exactly the same as a fixed one, it doesn't reset. If it did you could just do so every day! What happens when you go to another marina that wants you to use your metered cable?. You need to capture a 'start' count each time you plug in to a new post. If the marina wants to charge you per unit but can't be bothered to fit their own bloody meters there has to be some system!

 

[sailorman]

Really???? Do you expect to have a metered cable for each marina you visit?

A metered cable is exactly the same as a fixed one, it doesn't reset. If it did you could just do so every day! What happens when you go to another marina that wants you to use your metered cable?. You need to capture a 'start' count each time you plug in to a new post. If the marina wants to charge you per unit but can't be bothered to fit their own bloody meters there has to be some system!

I have yet to visit a marina on a short term basis that requires me to have a meter

 

[abraxus]

Really???? Do you expect to have a metered cable for each marina you visit?

A metered cable is exactly the same as a fixed one, it doesn't reset. If it did you could just do so every day! What happens when you go to another marina that wants you to use your metered cable?. You need to capture a 'start' count each time you plug in to a new post. If the marina wants to charge you per unit but can't be bothered to fit their own bloody meters there has to be some system!

I don't think there is a system.

When I was in a marina with metered electricity they would just read the meter on my cable every so often and bill according to that. If I happened to use that lead at another marina then that usage would be captured on the next reading.

As it happened, my meter was on a short extension lead, and so I could just remove it if I was using electricity elsewhere. The alternative I guess would be ask the marina to do a reading before you set off, and then take another when you return.

 

[VicS]

I don't think there is a system.

When I was in a marina with metered electricity they would just read the meter on my cable every so often and bill according to that. If I happened to use that lead at another marina then that usage would be captured on the next reading.

As it happened, my meter was on a short extension lead, and so I could just remove it if I was using electricity elsewhere. The alternative I guess would be ask the marina to do a reading before you set off, and then take another when you return.

But then you would pay your home marina for electricity you'd used elsewhere. Electricity for which there was probably a fixed charge built into the casual rates you'd be paying as a visitor.
In effect you could be paying twice for the power you used while away from base.

Having the meter on the short extension lead is the obvious solution though.