Why seal on the meter?

Introduction of Electricity Meter Seal

Electricit, as a commodity in our lives, has always played a very important role. Since it is a commodity, there must be something pricing. 

The birth of the electricity meter is formally designed to more accurately calculate the amount of electricity people use, so that the staff of 

the power grid to account for the electricity bill. However, there are many people who have taken up the idea of stealing electricity, removing 

and replacing the wires in the meter and stealing other people's electricity for their own use. In order to prevent this from happening, meter 

seals were introduced.

Meter seals are also known as meter locks. The main role is to prevent the occurrence of electricity theft, with the increase in the use of the 

meter, the meter seals not only have the role of security theft, but also as a certificate of conformity. Meter in the factory by the inspection 

of qualified, and sealed seals, that can be installed and used. Each seal has a specific code like warranty paper.

Meter seals can not be opened privately, as long as the seals are opened privately, all according to the treatment of electricity theft. According

 to the Electricity Law of the People's Republic of China, the person who steals electricity will be punished with a fine of less than 5 times the 

amount of the electricity bill; if the time of the theft cannot be identified, the residential user will be required to pay the electricity bill according 

to the capacity of the meter, 6 hours per day, for a total period of 6 months. Each home will have a meter seal on the meter, are the local power 

company sealed up for the power company's assets. The main role of the meter seal is to prevent people from stealing electricity to steal electricity, 

according to the "Electricity Supply and Use Regulations" stipulates that: forged or open the legal or authorised metrological verification institutions 

sealed electricity metering device seal electricity, belong to the act of stealing electricity, so that the meter seals can not be opened at random.

The role of meter seals

Classification of seals

There are two kinds of seals on the power meter, one is on the big cover of the power meter, and the other is on the small cover of the power meter. 

The seal on the large cover of the meter is the meter inspection, repair, manufacturing department lock seal, while the seal on the small cover is the 

power supply enterprises installing the meter, inspection and other personnel lock seal. Seals are not divided into size, are a kind of plus blocked 

meaning, in addition to professional hold seal clamp mould of the personnel can open, other personnel are prohibited to open by themselves.

The main role of seals

Now the seal on the meter is mostly made of plastic, this plastic meter seal with easy to use, anti-theft marking clear and other characteristics, the material 

of this seal is PC polycarbonate, with high anti-radiation acid and alkali resistance and other superior performance. The traditional lead aluminium material 

seals, after the waste is not used, the recycling treatment is not good, it will cause serious environmental pollution, and now it has been gradually eliminated 

by the market. Meter seals have the use of anti-theft, you can print the customer name LOGO and code (code is generally 6 different digits), you can effectively 

prevent the seal was stolen imitation.

Summarise: The meter will be sealed with a lead seal when it is inspected and qualified by the factory, indicating that it can be installed and used, similar 

to a certificate of conformity of the product, and another function of the seal is to prevent others from disassembling it, as in the case of warranty paper.