Here is another interesting tutorial of ours. As promised, we have many interesting things stored for you which will make you an electrical geek in no time. Today the topic on which I am going to share my knowledge with you is the working of an electricity meter.
I am talking about the very meter that is already in your homes and you see them daily. But have you ever wondered how do they work? What is the mechanism through which you can see the data of energy you consumed stored in them? Now you need not to worry. Here is an inside peek for you to know more about them. The basic type of electricity meters that are being used commonly now-a-days are the electromechanical meters.
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I Accept Show Purposes. There are a few different types of electric meters, all of which function in slightly different ways, including net meters that work for solar homes. Your electric meter measures your connection to the electrical grid, keeping track of how much electricity you pull from the grid. Historically, electric meters were analog—just numbers on gears and a dial that spun as you consumed more kilowatt-hours kWh of electricity.
They required a utility worker to come to physically walk to the side of your home and read take a meter reading—literally, writing down the number on your meter. The difference between one reading and the previous one is how they determined your bill amount. As with other technologies, electric meters have become more advanced over time, making the meter reading process more automated.
When reading an electric meter, read and write down the numbers as shown on the dials from right to left. When the pointer is directly on a number, look at the dial to the right. If it has passed zero, use the next higher number. If it has not passed zero, use the lower number. Record the numbers shown by writing down the value of the dial to your extreme right first and the rest as you come to them.
Should the hand of a dial fall between two numbers, use the smaller of the two numbers. Natural gas is commonly measured by the cubic foot, and you are billed by the thousands of cubic feet MCF or hundreds of cubic feet CCF. You may also be billed by the therm, which is approximately the same as a CCF or cubic feet. To measure the amount of electricity or gas that you use, the utility installs a meter between the incoming electric power or gas lines and the point of distribution at the house.
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