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#122950 - 02/12/06 06:30 AM kWh Meter Types
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Thanks to RODALCO for the following photos:



Landis & Gyr meter, type CL2, made in Waalwijk, The Netherlands. Very common meter used in Holland, 10 ( 30 ) Amps. revs/kWh expressed as C = 600.






Email meter, type M 3, made in Australia, ex Palmerston Atol, Cook Islands, 10 - 80 Amps. 400 rev / kWh.






Sangamo Schlumberger Electronic meter, type SPA 01, made in U.K. 20 - 80 Amps. Stepper motor driven dial, 800 impulses of the LED is 1 kWh.






English Electric meter, type C31B-LC, made in U.K., this is an thermal MDI and kWh meter combined, 40 Amps max. continuous, 300 rev / kWh.


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#122951 - 02/12/06 06:31 AM Re: kWh Meter Types
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Meterfabriek Dordrecht, type D3XBd, made in The Netherlands, 2 rate, 10 - 30 Amps, C = 600 revs / kWh, used in houses with electric boiler, night store water heating.






English Electric, type B31B, made in U.K. 40 Amps max.






Sangamo, type S 200.33, made in U.K., this is the remote dial version from the S 200.31, a little 24 volts dial can be fitted outside the house which gets pulses from the 2 pole c/o switch attached to the meter dial. These meters are used for houses with inside switchboards. 20 -80 Amps, 166 2/3 revs / kWh.

I will submit some more details later if anyone is interested.






Sangamo, type S 301.2, made in U.K. 3 phase 10 - 60 Amps, 66 2/3 revs / kWh, used a lot in smaller 3Ø installations like pump sheds and small workshops which require a 3Ø supply.




Thanks Ray!
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#122952 - 02/12/06 06:43 AM Re: kWh Meter Types
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This is a Sangamo S309.2 on my service, the dual-tariff version of the Sangamo pictured above. This one doesn't have the remote reading facility.

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#122953 - 02/12/06 11:13 AM Re: kWh Meter Types
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Thanks Pauluk for the quick posting of the kWh meter photo's.
This way we can make up a very interesting data base on ECN for all different topics in our trades.
A photo says sometimes more than a 1000 words.
Cheers Ray
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#122954 - 04/18/06 05:08 AM Re: kWh Meter Types
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I had to take a photo while visiting my parents in law over Easter where I noticed the new replacement meter fitted about 3 months ago by the POCO.








This is an Iskra meter, electronic with mechanical register. 10-100 Amps 1Ø 230 Volts 50 Hz.
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Raymond

edited to post pictures and add to ECN server




[This message has been edited by electure (edited 05-05-2006).]
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#122955 - 04/18/06 03:29 PM Re: kWh Meter Types
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This is an Iskra meter, electronic with mechanical register. 10-100 Amps 1Ø 230 Volts 50 Hz


Our Poco in Brisbane have been using them. I was talking to one of their guys the other day and he recently discovered all the Iskra meters in 3 buildings of a large unit complex had stopped working. It seems they don't handle surges very well.
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#122956 - 04/19/06 06:14 AM Re: kWh Meter Types
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That's not good.

The biggest problem with electronic meters is that a surge will hit the meter first before doing damage downstream of the meter,
regardless of the internal meter surge arrestor which I have seen blown off the circuitboard in Enermet and Landis & Gyr meters.
No doubt we will have some problems with these Iskra meters too.

I reckon The Australian Email M1, M2 and M3 and SDM polyphase version meters are the best in handling power surges.

Regards Ray
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#122957 - 04/19/06 02:09 PM Re: kWh Meter Types
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Our PoCo (Nuon) over here in the Netherlands
only installs those ISKRA meters from now on.

Also for replacement of the old mechanical meters and for service upgrades.

Arend
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#122958 - 04/21/06 09:35 AM Re: kWh Meter Types
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I'd really love to get an old Reimer&Seidl meter once... mostly because the company used to be located in a small basement shop 5 blocks from where I live...
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#122959 - 05/05/06 07:06 AM Re: kWh Meter Types
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This is a Russian kWh meter which I spotted on Ebay a while ago.




This one has a 5 dial register. Sometimes you see them with a 3 or 4 dial register.

Regards Ray

edited to add photo to ECN server

[This message has been edited by electure (edited 05-05-2006).]
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