Meter references and image credits
The photographic housings preserve the source images' wear, printing and glass reflections. The simulator replaces readings and visible moving indicators with functional canvas layers. Cutouts, scaling, register projection and optional lighting or smudge effects adapt the original photographs.
The photographs and adapted meter visuals retain the respective rights and licenses below. These credits do not imply endorsement by the photographers or manufacturers. Source files are stored locally; running the simulator does not fetch them from third-party sites.
Three supplied reference photographs
Braven supplied these images for the simulator. The original photographer and reuse license were not provided; no open-license claim is made. Original image files are preserved unchanged. The simulator isolates each housing and replaces its readings with functional drums. The blue B METERS view also replaces the pointer and six-spoke flow indicator; the loose fittings beside it are excluded from the simulated scene.
- Clean brass · inline — original 800 × 800. Four whole-number and four red decimal drums.
SHA-256 ec05f409967c38e65524603b6ed532b0c0974a4101c13cca50f311bdf135b4a3 - Clean brass · compact — original 730 × 730. SH METERS reference with four whole-number and four red decimal drums. The external logo remains in the original image.
SHA-256 ce5a30a02610b2f80760c5486b2308660009a48ba7bf344c7a7b0678a2379652 - B METERS blue — original 605 × 807. Five whole-number and three decimal drums, with the register rotated level for the default view.
SHA-256 8832016f9ad58672bdd63db96b17b7369e40b8d8f9b37b216d1aa54e3438df82
These are descriptive photo variants. The images alone do not establish an exact model, certification or use in Singapore households.
Singapore household references
PUB’s residential guide shows a compact brass 4+4 register and a white Aquadis+ 5+3 register. These guide the two Singapore layout studies. George Kent records substantial historical orders from PUB, including 323,630 meters in 2016 and 115,500 in 2018. These sources do not establish today’s market share by model.
The simulator’s Singapore variants reproduce those register layouts. Their housing sources and limits are identified below. PUB’s guide photographs are not used as textures.
Singapore white register — reconstruction
The Aquadis-style housing is an original AI-generated image made for this simulator using the built-in image generation tool. It follows the documented white household layout, with synthetic material texture, wear, printing and reflections. It is not a photograph of an installed PUB meter or a dimensionally validated replica. The simulator replaces the generated numbers and dial with working layers.
Generated housing, 1254 × 1254 · Generation promptSHA-256 9dca6b9ccb09241c09c9b1e19bdc6969c1863d9c806de67bdd321f1754bc90af
Elster brass and Singapore brass layout
Photograph by Bidgee, taken in Australia. Source on Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia.
The photographed meter uses 5+3 drums. The Singapore option changes it to the 4+4 layout in PUB’s brass example. This is an adaptation of an Elster housing photograph, not an exact photograph of PUB’s PSM-T. Both variants use a cutout rotated upright and replace the register beneath its narrow glass cover.
Unmodified original, 1920 × 1080SHA-256 8184ec6db9392dfbd6b98b6195261080d82c311c38d3b7381707f3ae4499ce96
Itron Multimag Cyble
Ganesh Dhamodkar/Wikimedia Commons. Source on Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
The photographed meter is installed in India. It adds a 5+2 register, two finer dials and a flow indicator; its inclusion makes no Singapore installation claim. The simulator crops and rotates the housing, replaces its readings and indicators, and clips effects to the shaped glass cover.
Unmodified original, 2519 × 3352SHA-256 dd397ac1838242447de4092af36f626887942eea5f73ed2856ca47d7f824b0a3
Itron WEG 50
Reference photograph supplied by Braven Chiam, Real2. Used for this project. The source file remains unmodified.
Bonega S/13 and T/13
Photograph by Dmitry G. Source on Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
One photograph supplies both the blue cold-water and red hot-water variants. Each has five whole-number and three decimal drums. The face, lid and case retain the photographed appearance.
Unmodified original, 3648 × 2736SHA-256 dc352f18446ae833eccea77abfda835905c182a789608ee941ac90aa0e8c062f
Istameter II
Photograph by André Karwath aka Aka. Source on Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5.
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Five whole-number and three decimal drums, with a taller final opening. The chrome housing and printed dial face come from the photograph. The drums, fine pointer and flow indicator are animated.
Unmodified original, 1500 × 1500SHA-256 3d924d061cd8ff267656cbad1dcfb9495e8026cc15acd07bfe23cc8180b39751
Hydrometer industrial
© Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons). Source on Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
A cropped industrial register with five whole-number drums. Its brass, weathering and metal face come from the photograph. The register is rotated upright for use in the simulator. This photograph has no exposed fine dial.
Unmodified original, 3934 × 3934SHA-256 92ebf44e1d9a956026585dd144ec4a8be45daac656148d6090d2bab5fbadd234
Custom drum counts are simulator variants. They do not identify actual factory configurations. All models are photo-based 2D views, with fixed photographed reflections, rather than reconstructions of unseen geometry or calibrated glass optics.