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Section FA - Plastic Pit Setters

Pit Setter for 5/8", 5/8"x3/4", 3/4"
& 1" Meter

Single Meter Setting

Tandem Setting

Dual Setting

2" Pit Setter

Ford Plastic Pit Setters

A Plastic Pit Setter From the Inventor of the Outdoor Pit Setting - Ford Meter Box!

The setting of meters outdoors in covered pits is an idea that dates back to the late 19th century when Edwin Ford, founder of The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. first utilized this principle to meter the town of Hartford City, Indiana. Mr. Ford's idea has been modified extensively over the intervening years, but the pit setting remains one of the most popular ways of installing meters.

Outdoor meter pit settings offer the utility a number of advantages, including easy access to the meter, protection and control of the meter setting device and a clear cut division of responsibility for maintaining the utility and the customer service line. However, cost considerations have led many utilities to install pit settings that have been less than satisfactory and which become maintenance and freeze-up problems.

The Ford Plastic Pit Setter offers a real cost-saving alternative to the standard "build-your-own" pit setting. Constructed of high-quality 15", 18", 20" or 36" PVC pipe, the Plastic Pit Setter has the service lines attached firmly to the pit walls, with all the valves and meter coupling materials necessary to install the meter as part of the total package. It's a meter pit setting that you can install by simply digging an appropriately sized hole, connecting your inlet and outlet piping to the connections at the bottom of the box and, by placing a cover on top, complete the job of installing a meter setting.