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February 1, 2010 at 6:38 PM #507839February 1, 2010 at 8:17 PM #507859
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Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
Water meters my inattentive brother…
Water meters… 😛
Water meters is what my uncle works with but you are correct as to the power meters.
CE
February 1, 2010 at 8:17 PM #508512Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
Water meters my inattentive brother…
Water meters… 😛
Water meters is what my uncle works with but you are correct as to the power meters.
CE
February 1, 2010 at 8:17 PM #508767Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
Water meters my inattentive brother…
Water meters… 😛
Water meters is what my uncle works with but you are correct as to the power meters.
CE
February 1, 2010 at 8:17 PM #508418Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
Water meters my inattentive brother…
Water meters… 😛
Water meters is what my uncle works with but you are correct as to the power meters.
CE
February 1, 2010 at 8:17 PM #508007Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
Water meters my inattentive brother…
Water meters… 😛
Water meters is what my uncle works with but you are correct as to the power meters.
CE
February 1, 2010 at 8:30 PM #508423patb
Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
it’s kind of dangerous to hook up anything
to the meter side power demand because it’s not
fused and it’s subject to massive surge.if you inductively couple the surge is bad.
if you are wired in direct you are looking at 35,000 amps instantaneous short current to protect against.
February 1, 2010 at 8:30 PM #508012Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
it’s kind of dangerous to hook up anything
to the meter side power demand because it’s not
fused and it’s subject to massive surge.if you inductively couple the surge is bad.
if you are wired in direct you are looking at 35,000 amps instantaneous short current to protect against.
February 1, 2010 at 8:30 PM #508517Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
it’s kind of dangerous to hook up anything
to the meter side power demand because it’s not
fused and it’s subject to massive surge.if you inductively couple the surge is bad.
if you are wired in direct you are looking at 35,000 amps instantaneous short current to protect against.
February 1, 2010 at 8:30 PM #507864Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
it’s kind of dangerous to hook up anything
to the meter side power demand because it’s not
fused and it’s subject to massive surge.if you inductively couple the surge is bad.
if you are wired in direct you are looking at 35,000 amps instantaneous short current to protect against.
February 1, 2010 at 8:30 PM #508772Participant[quote=SanDiegoDave]Batteries? Seriously? It didn’t occur to them to, oh I don’t know, design the meter to use the power source that is connected to the device? LOL![/quote]
it’s kind of dangerous to hook up anything
to the meter side power demand because it’s not
fused and it’s subject to massive surge.if you inductively couple the surge is bad.
if you are wired in direct you are looking at 35,000 amps instantaneous short current to protect against.
February 1, 2010 at 8:54 PM #508429sreeb
ParticipantIt needs some kind of backup so it doesn’t lose data in a power outage.
Its very function implies some kind (I assume inductive) coupling to the mains to monitor the volts and amps. Solving the problems using incoming line power seems cheap compared to a planned battery replacement every 10 years. There is no reason you can’t have an internal fuse.
February 1, 2010 at 8:54 PM #508018ParticipantIt needs some kind of backup so it doesn’t lose data in a power outage.
Its very function implies some kind (I assume inductive) coupling to the mains to monitor the volts and amps. Solving the problems using incoming line power seems cheap compared to a planned battery replacement every 10 years. There is no reason you can’t have an internal fuse.
February 1, 2010 at 8:54 PM #508523ParticipantIt needs some kind of backup so it doesn’t lose data in a power outage.
Its very function implies some kind (I assume inductive) coupling to the mains to monitor the volts and amps. Solving the problems using incoming line power seems cheap compared to a planned battery replacement every 10 years. There is no reason you can’t have an internal fuse.
February 1, 2010 at 8:54 PM #507870ParticipantIt needs some kind of backup so it doesn’t lose data in a power outage.
Its very function implies some kind (I assume inductive) coupling to the mains to monitor the volts and amps. Solving the problems using incoming line power seems cheap compared to a planned battery replacement every 10 years. There is no reason you can’t have an internal fuse.
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