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From: gdelong@cvman.UUCP (Gary Delong)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: How a watthour meter works (was: 110V vs 220V summary)
Message-ID: <590@cvman.UUCP>
Date: 28 Apr 89 17:09:14 GMT
References: <3312@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <4958@ingr.com> <559@cvman.UUCP> <3110@kitty.UUCP>
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In article <3110@kitty.UUCP>, larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
| In article <559@cvman.UUCP>, gdelong@cvman.UUCP (Gary Delong) writes:
| > That sounds like it would make the accuracy of the meter very dependent
| > upon the type of load.  ie: wouldn't an inductive load really screw
| > things up?
| 
| 	You are correct.  That is why virtually all commercial customers
| of electric power utility companies with an electric service of greater
| than 200 amps are also metered for reactive kva (RKVA).  Newer meters have
| dual indicators for both measurements within the same meter housing, and
| older power installations or those for large services use separate meter
| housings.
| 
| <>  Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp. - Uniquex Corp. - Viatran Corp.

Hum.. Sounds like I might have a use for all those 5KVA Topaz transformers
I picked up.

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