Modifiacation of Electric Meters

[tomhames]

Hi everyone,

I am currently developing a meter monitoring product, and I am required to test the product on all of the different electric meters, electromechanical and digital, that are used in the UK. To do this normally would obviously waste a lot of electricity as I am required to run them at a high volume for extended periods of time.

Does anyone know of a way that i could speed up the meters (safely) allowing me to put less electricity through the meters?

Also, as i own the meters any permanent modifications will be fine, but preferably the cheaper the better!

Cheers!

 

[Golden_Boy]

Hi everyone,

I am currently developing a meter monitoring product, and I am required to test the product on all of the different electric meters, electromechanical and digital, that are used in the UK. To do this normally would obviously waste a lot of electricity as I am required to run them at a high volume for extended periods of time.

Does anyone know of a way that i could speed up the meters (safely) allowing me to put less electricity through the meters?

Also, as i own the meters any permanent modifications will be fine, but preferably the cheaper the better!

Cheers!

Remove the retarding magnets from an electromechanical type should speed it up a bit.
Usually people want to slow them down

 

[tomhames]

Usually people want to slow them down

Yeah i know, i have found millions of articles online claiming to slow meters down, but not a single one to speed them up... but theres no real suprise there.... lol

 

[Spudnik]

Be very careful about what you discuss chaps.

 

[tomhames]

Remove the retarding magnets from an electromechanical type should speed it up a bit.

After removing the retarding magnets from the meter, it did speed the rotation up bu approximately 20%, but i was more hoping for something more in the region of 10x or maybe even 100x....

 

[mogga]

tyr putting a selection of 3kw heaters that will speed them up a fair bit

 

[Golden_Boy]

tyr putting a selection of 3kw heaters that will speed them up a fair bit

or you could drive the disc with an electric motor

 

[tomhames]

or you could drive the disc with an electric motor

Yeah, an electric motor was one of the ideas that i have already cotemplated, but it doesn't look as elegant as it would if i managed to "uprate" the meter somehow....

 

[GStueyXR]

thread should be closed IMO