The water meter comprises a hot water meter and a cold water meter.

Single phase meter; polyphase meter if operating with balanced loads

A modular utility meter (1), for example, a water meter, is provided which comprises a meter base (2) and a meter head (3).

The requirement is for a meter, but does not specify whether this should be a water meter or a heat meter.

Such a circuit can be used as a kilometer counter, operating time counter, quantity or unit counter and similar.

The counter enable logic is to enable the counter based on the counter enable indicator.

A counter is started at a defined start point in the evaluation unit, said counter counting at a given counter frequency.

Alternatively the counter may be an electronic counter.

A counter system has a first counter (1) seeded by several input signals and a second counter (2) seeded by at least a first output from the first counter.

The segment counter changes the segment counter display.

Such meter, e.g. an electricity meter, is suitable to provide a magnetically tampering immune consumption meter.

A second and optional sensor (Z) senses the proximity of the meter to its receptacle with removal of meter from its receptacle producing a tampering signal representative thereof.

Information about the other meter and/or services offered by the other meter may be provided to allow for emulation of the other meter.

When the counter value of the counter circuit (204) has reached a predetermined value, the notification unit (206) notifies that the counter value of the counter circuit (204) has reached the predetermined value.