Hello I am checking out the new digital electric meter the power company just installed to replace the approx 60 year old meter on the house. Right now it says the draw is 72 KWH and my load is about only 12 amps so I shut down the pool filter which took off 6 amps and no change on the meter - still reads 72 KWH? Why? See pics Is this calculation correct? I am assuming an average power factor for all my loads of approx 0.80 ?? So from the online calculator set to AC single phase 120 VAC the 1.2 x 60 mins is 72 KWH However after shutting off the pool pump, the meter did NOT change with a 6 amp load drop? Should it read? 6.3 amp load using the calculator and 0.80 average power factor times 60 mins is 37.8 KWH ??
The meter is reading the total electric you have used since it was installed...it keeps a running tally. You are billed per KWH
Bingo. If you took a look at your old meter before they took it down it probably would have read somewhere in the hundreds of thousands...the total KWH that was used in your home over those 60 years.
Old article. Not sure if it still applies or what the current restrictions are. https://www.smartgridlegalnews.com/opt-out/new-hampshire-requires-smart-meter-opt-in/
It’s where you have a choice whether you want a smart meter installed on your house or you want to keep the old style. In Pennsylvania you have no choice in the matter either allow them to install it or they disconnect your power.
according to some those smart meters are reporting on more than just the usage. are they any better yes and no one thing for the power company reader person only has to drive by in some areas not even that as they are reporting to a local transponder and up linking from there. still there are errors so check or keep abreast of your readings. My last place over the course of 4 years they changed out the meter twice on the NG, and then 3 more times on the digital portion. ( wood burning stove heating house guess they could not figure that out.) tracks in snow dead give away not to mention the 30+ cords of css wood .
The digital meters here transmit the current reading when the NSTAR/Eversource truck drives by at 30 MPH. no more bi-monthly estimated meter reads . Town is looking into water meters transmitting to local repeaters on poles which in turn transmit data direct to Town office . I'm on a well so it sucks that it gets paid for partly out of property taxes.
My "smart" meter was installed in April of 2015. Here is what it is reading now - which shows it is accumulative.
I don't give a damm what options my State Corporation says I can have or the power company either. Nobody is putting one of those new digital microwave blasters on my house under any circumstances and I'm not paying extra to not have it either.
IIRC, I didn't have a choice, although I was notified on what day they planned to perform the switch. The meter they installed is not a "controlling" meter (as far as I can tell from research), but it does inform on usage for billing, power outages, reverse flow and usage trends thru the day. I don't believe that it is the type that shuts down your electricity if you use "too much" or according to how much draw is on the grid. Could be wrong of course.
