Metering Insights

The Energy Meter Power Consumption

Power consumption is part of the technical losses. The utilities are bearing these costs. The end-user is not charged.

What is the Real Time Clock?

For a real time clock (RTC) CLOU energy meters are operating with an external quartz crystal with a frequency of 32.768 kHz.

Ultrasonic Welding for CLOU Meters

CLOU energy meters use ultrasonic welding to ensure its airtightness, and we also talk about the principles, features, conception of the welding.

Energy Meters and Batteries

Meters have to work without stop to make data transmission and RTC normal. When power cut off, batteries function as backup power supply.

Power Line Communication and Transmission Speed

PLC enables sending data over existing power cables. With just power cables connected to the energy meter, it is possible to read and execute commands.

How to Speed Up Your Test Procedures

The sample quantity is internationally not fixed, most countries are taking a random 4% sample, while for example Germany sticks on testing 20%.

Poor Meter Connections are Causing Heat

Maintaining the right cross-section avoids overheating and is also reducing the internal resistance.

How To Avoid getting A Victim Of Ransomware

A PC virus can be annoying. An encryption virus is a disaster for the whole organization.

Taiwan faced widespread rolling blackouts

Taipower said that the outage was caused by a grid failure at the Hsinta Power Plant in the southern city of Kaohsiung.

Instrument Transformer Burden Measurement

Instrument transformers are part of the measurement circuit for transformer operated meters.

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.

Where is my Smart Meter?

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