Utility meter questioned [RE-wrenches]

[William Miller]

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Jim:


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William Miller

At 08:47 AM 12/6/2006, you wrote:

>Where are the meter current transformers located relative to the solar feed?
>
>Jim Easton
>Alternative Energy Technologies
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: William Miller [mailto:wrmiller at charter.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:19 AM
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: Utility meter questioned [RE-wrenches]
>
>
>Colleagues:
>
>We recently installed a 30 KW system on a manufacturing facility.  The
>customer just received the first utility bill since the system was
>energized.  The bill shows no savings on the electric bill.
>
>The electronic utility meter screen 99 is reported to show instantaneous
>consumption or generation into the grid.  I read the meter screen 99 at
>between .64 and 2.0 KW.  Each of the 6 inverters were putting out about 2.0
>KW each.  When operating, the inverters were putting 28 amps back into the
>grid on each phase.
>
>I then shut down the inverters and the meter reading 99 did not
>change.  This is especially surprising in light of the fact that the plant
>was in operation with all three sublimation machines and the complete line.
>
>I will meet with the utility to see if there is indeed a problem with the
>meter.  In the meantime, has anyone had any experience like this?
>
>Thanks for your thoughts.
>
>William Miller
>
>
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