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.

  • Mar 04 2020
    final adjustments

    Efficiency on Wednesdays

    Our management has instructed the R&D department to come out with an automated solution. We are CLOU, so the product was finished in 20 days.
  • Feb 20 2020
    clou party committee

    Preventive Measures for Virus Control

    There is an additional difference between rectal measurement and infrared measurement in the range of 0.03°C.
  • Feb 20 2020
    RS350

    What is Measurement Uncertainty?

    When we do high precision measurements we have to make sure that we are getting the measurement results as accurate as possible.
  • Feb 19 2020
    phase sequence

    Wrong Phase Sequence

    The measurement circuit of CLOU three-phase energy meters constantly monitors transition through zero on all phase voltages.
  • Jan 16 2020
    CLOU New Year Gala 2020 0

    Welcome to the Year of the Rat 2020

    As usual our company has rented the Shenzhen sports stadium for the annual Spring Festival Gala and Outstanding Staff Award Ceremony.
  • Jan 04 2020
    transient voltage

    What are Transient Voltages?

    Transient voltages are short time peaks in the a.c. power supply. They typically last a few milliseconds and the voltage can reach several thousand volt. A transient is by definition...
  • Jan 04 2020
    voltage swell

    What is a Voltage Swell Event?

    A voltage swell is a surge (increase) of voltage above 110% of the rms magnitude in your power grid. The duration can be between ½ cycle and one minute....
  • Jan 04 2020
    voltage dip

    What is a Voltage Dip Event?

    Sometimes it's also referred to voltage sag (IEEE term). The meaning is the same. This article explains the power quality event logging inside of smart meters.
  • Jan 02 2020
    light

    The First Breath Notification

    The First Breath Push notification is sent to the head end system (HES) as soon as the meter is powered up.
  • Jan 02 2020
    alarm999

    The DLMS Push Message

    A electronic energy meter with communication via DLMS can be configured to send Push messages. Usually a meter acts as a server.
  • Dec 31 2019
    OUTAGE

    The Last Gasp Outage Notification

    Smart meters can generate a Push message in case of power fail. This event is called Last Gasp.
  • Dec 27 2019
    CL730S23 TWO BUTTONS

    Practical Use of Load Profiles

    Electronic energy meters can save internally a lot of data. When this data are saved periodically with time stamp, we talk about a load profile.