grandad wrote:
the certificate doesn't cost any extra. the fact that the Council require it but then don't follow through and check if the have received them is the annoying bit.
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| Author: | grandad [ Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | meter calibration certificates |
I received a letter from our enforcement team this morning stating that following a complaint that some people were using incorrectly calibrated meters the Council records have been checked and no record can be found for any of our vehicles. the tariff was changed on April 1st 2014. I know that the certificates went to the Council because i took them in myself. A couple of points here. 1. Where did they all go after handing them in? 2. When the tariff change was brought in owners were required to submit the certificate so why has it taken over a year and a complaint to notice that they hadn't been received? |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
Why doesn't the council get it's officers to go down the ranks and/or the offices and test the meters themselves? Answer maybe, cos they are lazy f*****s? |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
Sussex wrote: Why doesn't the council get it's officers to go down the ranks and/or the offices and test the meters themselves? Answer maybe, cos they are lazy f*****s? They are meant to do that, ask your council inspector to come at a time convenient to you, to the measured mile |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
Grandad, ive never seen a meter calibration certificate, but i know which 2 lamposts our LA have decided are a mile apart |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 1:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
wannabeeahack wrote: Grandad, ive never seen a meter calibration certificate, but i know which 2 lamposts our LA have decided are a mile apart When ever our meters are set to a new tariff we get a calibration certificate. |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 3:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
grandad wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: Grandad, ive never seen a meter calibration certificate, but i know which 2 lamposts our LA have decided are a mile apart When ever our meters are set to a new tariff we get a calibration certificate. I have never seen one ether, the metre is set, driven over set points up to half a mile, if correct its sealed, You should be bringing this up with the council, its what your paying for. |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
grandad wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: Grandad, ive never seen a meter calibration certificate, but i know which 2 lamposts our LA have decided are a mile apart When ever our meters are set to a new tariff we get a calibration certificate. Depending on what sort of meter you've got you'll get a little round seal with a Gygnus which is as good as any certificate. Why they need a certificate is beyond me. |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
the certificate doesn't cost any extra. the fact that the Council require it but then don't follow through and check if the have received them is the annoying bit. |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
grandad wrote: the certificate doesn't cost any extra. the fact that the Council require it but then don't follow through and check if the have received them is the annoying bit.
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
grandad wrote: the certificate doesn't cost any extra. the fact that the Council require it but then don't follow through and check if the have received them is the annoying bit. scan one, photoshop it, your LA will never know |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
wannabeeahack wrote: grandad wrote: the certificate doesn't cost any extra. the fact that the Council require it but then don't follow through and check if the have received them is the annoying bit. scan one, photoshop it, your LA will never know Why would I want to do that when I have the original? When the rate goes up and the meter is changed to the new rate a certificate is issued. Why would I want to change it? The certificate is not the problem here, it is what happens to it when it is given to the Council and it looks like it just gets lost in the system. |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
grandad wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: grandad wrote: the certificate doesn't cost any extra. the fact that the Council require it but then don't follow through and check if the have received them is the annoying bit. scan one, photoshop it, your LA will never know Why would I want to do that when I have the original? When the rate goes up and the meter is changed to the new rate a certificate is issued. Why would I want to change it? The certificate is not the problem here, it is what happens to it when it is given to the Council and it looks like it just gets lost in the system. Ok, ask for an appointment with the LO, take the certificate in, show it, later get an email confirming he has seen it basically waste their time till they decide to change the regs |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 1:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
wannabeeahack wrote: Ok, ask for an appointment with the LO, take the certificate in, show it, later get an email confirming he has seen it basically waste their time till they decide to change the regs We don't have a problem with providing the certificates. It is the fact that once handed in they lose track of them to the point of saying that they have not been received. it is the internal postal system that seems to be the problem. |
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| Author: | Cabby John 1 [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 3:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
grandad wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: Ok, ask for an appointment with the LO, take the certificate in, show it, later get an email confirming he has seen it basically waste their time till they decide to change the regs We don't have a problem with providing the certificates. It is the fact that once handed in they lose track of them to the point of saying that they have not been received. it is the internal postal system that seems to be the problem. If you present a "copy" invoice of the costs of having the meters calibrated i.e that is proof that they were done, you could argue that there would be no reason not to have sent them. |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: meter calibration certificates |
Depending on who sets the meter, all depends on type, the meter setters note down the plate number and once they are all done, faxes a copy to the council, they council can then check who has been done |
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