Patent ID: 6935191

Claim:
A flow measurement system that measures the volume of a fluid, comprising: a control system; a turbine meter, comprising: a meter flow path; at least one turbine rotor in said meter flow path that rotates when fluid passes through said meter flow path; and a pulser that sends a pulser signal in relation to the rotation of said at least one turbine rotor to said control system; a flow switch, comprising: a flow switch flow path; and a sensor that communicates a flow switch signal to said control system when fluid is passing through said flow switch flow path; said flow switch flow path fluidly coupled to said meter flow path such that fluid that passes through said meter flow path also passes through said flow switch flow path; said control system receives said pulser signal and calculates a volume of the fluid passing through said meter flow path based on said pulser signal, wherein said control system ignores said pulser signals in the calculation of the volume of the fluid passing through said meter flow path when said control system is not receiving said flow switch signal.