Does The Energy Meter Consume Electricity? Whose Count

Nov 03, 2020 Leave a message

The electric energy meter measures how much electric energy the user consumes, and the more electricity is used, the more it counts. Will the meter itself consume electricity? 


The induction meter is what we usually call the turntable meter. There is an aluminum turntable inside the meter. When there is useful electricity, the turntable will rotate. The counter connected to the turntable can calculate the power consumption. How many.


External structure of induction meter


The number of revolutions represents how many turns of the electric turntable once, and the index of the counter increases by one correspondingly.


internal


1 represents the iron core of the voltage element, 2 the aluminum plate of the electric meter, 3 represents the iron core of the current element, and R is equivalent to the electrical equipment. 

 

Since the voltage iron core and the current iron core are wound with wires, and the wires have resistance, it is said that whenever electrical equipment consumes power, a certain amount of power is consumed inside the meter. How much is the consumption? We can estimate:


According to the relevant national regulations, the power loss of the voltage coil of the induction meter is 2 watts per hour. The power consumption of the voltage coil of the general meter is between 0.7 and 1.5, and the current coil is about 0.5 watts. Take the median value of the voltage coil 1.1 watts to calculate: 


1.1 (Watts) × 24 (Hours) × 30 (Days) = 792 (Watt hours). Since 1 kilowatt hour of electricity is 1 kilowatt hour, it is 0.792 degrees. 


Current coil: 0.5 (watts) × 24 (hours) × 30 (days) = 360 (watt hours), which is 0.36 degrees. So the total consumption in one month is 1.182 kWh. 


Therefore, adding 1 kWh to the reading of each household is the total power consumption of this household.

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