Brooks UPG's Snap2™ Pre-Wired Meter Socket Can Reduce Field Installation Time to Minutes for Electric Utilities
Brooks Utility Products Group has developed a meter socket that allows electric utility companies to significantly reduce installation time while lowering inventory costs.
Farmington Hills, MI (PRWEB) July 30, 2004 -- Brooks Utility Products Group
has developed an innovative two-piece, pre-wired electric meter socket that
significantly reduces installation time while lowering inventory costs for
electric utility companies and co-ops.
Available from the Brooks Meter
Devices facility, the Snap2™ transformer-rated meter panel is furnished in 6, 8,
or 13 terminal designs, pre-wired to a customer-approved test switch and
color-coded wiring specifications. Available models include one- and two-piece
ringless, and two-piece ring type covers. Each pre-wired panel is ready to snap
into place in a separate meter housing by Brooks Meter Devices’ patent-pending,
snap-in installation system. The Snap2 transformer-rated meter socket is UL-
listed.
“Brooks developed the Snap2™ pre-wired socket after talking with
a Texas utility customer about field installation problems it was having,”
explained John Gagnon, strategic marketing director for Brooks Meter Devices.
“After reviewing the information, our sales and marketing personnel worked with
engineering to define specifications, and complete a prototype ready to present
within two months of our customer’s initial request.
“The feedback has
been great,” Gagnon added. “The Texas customer likes it, and we’ve even had an
initial order from an Ohio utility.”
Utility companies save money using
Brooks’ Snap2 meter socket by allowing contractors to install an empty meter
enclosure ahead of the actual meter service date. Then, utility personnel take a
pre-wired meter panel to the job site, and snap it into place. This reduces
installation time from hours to a matter of minutes. It can also reduce the
chance for time-consuming and costly field mistakes and coordination problems
because the meter panel is interchangeable and can easily be
removed.
Brooks Utility Products Group, part of the E.J. Brooks family of
companies, was formed in late 2003, as a reorganization of three utility
industry companies: Brooks Ekstrom Industries, Brook Meter Devices and Brooks
Security Products. Brooks UPG provides a complete line of metering related
products for the utility industry.
For additional information about
Brooks Utility Products Group, visit www.brooksutility.com. To download this story and all related
photography, visit www.brooksupgmedia.com.
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