power meters work.
The one we have here now is like that. The one where we used to live was
electronic, sort of. The display, instead of being the usual mechanical
stuff, was a small LCD panel which would sequence through a number of
different things, cumulative and otherwise. That gave that particular power
company the ability to nail us for more money during "peak" hours vs.
"off-peak" hours and similar nonsense. I wasn't real happy about that.
same here, the new generation is digital with a lcd display.
They say the advantage is that they can do a remote readout if they want
so they no longer have to send one to read it.
In reality most people alerady do their own reading and send the result
in via mail or phone or www. they only do spot tests to avoid cheating.
I bet the new meter gives them some means of charging us more....
It has also a voltage and current multiplying unit, it would
not be fair to disregard the voltage.
it can vary from say 240 to 220 V, or at least 240 to 230V which are a few % less
energy you get out witht the same amps.
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