[Avodah] If you have an electronic water meter, can you turn on your faucet on Shabbos?

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 12:26:48PM +0300, Marty Bluke wrote:
:> I would be happier if PVWC put the meter on a timer and gave me my water
:>  for free on Shabbos. Therefore, helping them bill me is lo nicha lei.

: And I would be happier if when I cut off the chicken's head it wouldn't
: die, but it will...

That establishes that it's a pesiq reishei. Not whether or not nicha lei.
I'm not trying to reclassify it as gerama or anything, just a type of
pesiq reishei that many permit.

If you agree that it's pesiq reishei delo nicha lei (PRDNL), then if we
determine that the effect on the meter is derabbanan, many acharonim
(R YE Spektor, ROY) would permit it. Others, like the MB, would only
permit a PRDNL to avoid a double-derabbanan (eg: catching a bug that
isn't normally caught in something so big you still have to corner it
to take it out of the trap). Which the meter might also qualify as.

In my case, PVWC's meter is mechanical. In many other homes, the meter
has no display, only a jack for the meter reader, some use wireless so
that the reader doesn't even have to enter your home. In which case,
there is no issur to avoid.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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