Meters do go bad both ways.
One of my customers is a large apartment complex, maybe 1000 units.
Each apt is metered and billed seperatly by the complex owners. They own all the submeters.
I replace about 10 a year for them, and have seen some go fast, but most, the coils burnt out, causing them to stop.
Don't have a clue how they would go faster, never gave it much thought.
Dnk.....
