<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>That's it!! I finally got an answer today from a tech at the meter company and he said the same thing. I should have come here first. What a resource!<BR></div>
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<div>Gary Easton<BR>NABCEP Certified Solar PV<BR>NABCEP Certified Solar Thermal <BR>APPALACHIAN RENEWABLE POWER LTD.<BR>Stewart, Ohio <BR>740-277-8498<BR><BR>“I'd put my money on solar energy… I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”<BR><BR>—Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March 1931<BR><BR><BR></div>
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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] kwh meters<BR>From: David Brearley <david.brearley@solarprofessional.com><BR>Date: Thu, January 28, 2010 4:03 pm<BR>To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><BR><BR><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Is it a Form 12-S meter? If not, that’s the reason its not working. Here’s an article you can refer to:<BR><BR><a href="http://solarprofessional.com/article/?file=SP1_1_pg16_QandA_3&search=" target=_blank>http://solarprofessional.com/article/?file=SP1_1_pg16_QandA_3&search=</a><BR><BR>David Brearley, Senior Technical Editor<BR><I>SolarPro</I> magazine <BR>NABCEP Certified PV Installer ™<BR><A href="http://email01.secureserver.net/david.brearley@solarprofessional.com" target=_blank>david.brearley@solarprofessional.com</A><BR>Direct: 541.261.6545<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 1/28/10 2:57 PM, "<A href="http://email01.secureserver.net/gary@arp-solar.com" target=_blank>gary@arp-solar.com</A>" <<A href="http://email01.secureserver.net/gary@arp-solar.com" target=_blank>gary@arp-solar.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I am using an analog GE kwh meter on an outback system with battery backup to a protected loads panel. The AC in to the inverter is attached to the bottom of one leg of the meter and the AC out of the inverter is connected to the top of the other leg. This should give me an accurate record of just the production from the system. The idea is that the AC IN that will power the protected loads panel at night will come in the bottom of one leg and turn the meter backwards then exit through the top of the meter going forward thus cancelling those kwh. out. I have a neutral hooked to the meter because I am using it to record 120V but I am not getting accurate readings with this configuration. Any suggestions on metering in this case? I need a utility grade kwh meter. <BR> <BR>Gary Easton<BR>NABCEP Certified Solar PV<BR>NABCEP Certified Solar Thermal <BR>APPALACHIAN RENEWABLE POWER LTD.<BR>Stewart, Ohio <BR>740-277-8498<BR><BR>“I'd put my money on solar energy… I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”<BR><BR>—Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March 1931<BR><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>
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