About the author: Reinhard Günther

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Reinhard Günther

LaoRen (老任) is the Chinese name of Reinhard Günther.
He is Product Director and Consultant with more than 35 years experience in energy metering. In his spare time, he writes articles for CLOU GLOBAL.

The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of CLOU GLOBAL.

  • Apr 14 2021
    Pagespeedinsights Desktop 14042021

    WebSite Metering Results

    Since we are metering specialists, we also keep an eye on our website performance. We are running WordPress on a GoDaddy server without any extras.
  • Apr 12 2021
    Google Maps

    Where is my Smart Meter?

    When you deploy new energy meters you want to know the installation position. It's helpful for various purposes
  • Mar 01 2021
    CL3000

    Measurement Uncertainties for Test Benches

    A test bench consists of several elements which can introduce additional variable errors.
  • Jan 27 2021
    RS350 training 2

    The Categories for Electrical Measurements

    Sometimes you find in specifications terms like CAT III or CAT IV. These terms are given in IEC 61010-1
  • Dec 17 2020
    Table Tennis Stamp 1959

    The Christmas Gimmick 2020

    Table Tennis (Pīngpāng qiú 乒乓球) is one of the top National sports in China. As a proof of concept we have remade a very old arcade game.
  • Dec 14 2020
    r CL710K11B

    Energy Meters and Hysteresis

    You can find this term in a lot of technical documentations with more or less complicated explanations. We'd like to give some simple examples for the need of hysteresis in...
  • Dec 07 2020
    Hv Transmission Line

    My meter is running too slow

    The end-user had an energy meter with rotating disk (electromechanical). These meters are usually already in the field for more than 30 years.
  • Dec 04 2020
    current 540

    Energy Saving with Little Helpers?

    I recently stumbled over some advertisements related to plug-in or paste devices which are claimed to reduce the electricity bill by an average of 10%.
  • Dec 02 2020
    r DTS719

    Three Phase Energy Meter DTS719

    DTS719 is a transformer-operated three-phase smart meter with an embedded radio-frequency (RF) solution for local access.
  • Nov 27 2020
    uiu simulator

    User Interface Unit Simulator

    By now the UIU/CIU short-codes are not unified. We have collected and merged all recent requests.
  • Oct 30 2020
    r CL730D22L a

    How Mean is the Value?

    CLOU energy meters and test equipment is measuring the true RMS value by waveform sampling. There are other methods, but they are less accurate.
  • Oct 28 2020
    Lightning Flashes In Middle Earth

    Power Grid Stability and Renewable Energy

    With increasing percentage of renewable energy on power generation we will see more disturbances in the grid.