Noisy electricity meter

DJ_Mike

I've been tracking down the source of a very low-pitch hum that I can hear in my living room, and it turns out it's coming from the electricity meter. I have one of those standard rotor wheel electricity meters in a cupboard on my porch, and it's makes a fairly quiet but nonetheless audible low-pitch hum as the wheel turns.

If the noise was isolated to the porch it wouldn't be a problem, but it seems this hum is reverberating along the walls and 'amplifying' into my living room. It's not a dire situation - I can't hear it unless I'm relaxing with a book with no other noises around - but it is annoying enough that I wonder if there's anything simple I can do about it?

The meter appears to be fixed to some chipboard inside the cupboard. Would it be enough to fix the meter to something that dampens the noise a little better? Are there other electricity meters available that are digital rather than mechanical?

Any advice appreciated!

red_flump

Very late at night, trying to sleep I could hear my old rotary wheel meter (in the porch under the corner of the bedroom)
It was replaced my a Siemens digital meter which is silent.
It was a routine replacement of a meter that had reached the end of its service life.

Red

Teza511

I had the same thing,so i wedged a bit of wood tight between the board & the wall. It worked for me give it a go. Good luck

MontBelzoni

this happened to me.

report it to your energy provider and tell them it is disturbing your sleep.

they will come out and change it f.o.c

DJ_Mike

Wow, more common than I thought! Thanks for the insight everyone!