[Ben Krasnow] is back, and this time he’s tearing down a kilowatt hour meter (kWh). While not as exciting as making aerogel at home, or a DIY scanning electron microscope, [Ben’s] usual understated ...

Landis & Gyr type MS kilowatt-hour meter, residential electric induction meter for measuring power used by consumer. Unit removed from service in 2016 as part of a project to upgrade SMECO’s system to ...

Tyco Electronics has launched a higher rated version of its Crompton Instruments three phase module direct-connected kilowatt hour energy meter. Tyco Electronics has launched a higher rated version of ...

You almost never hear of a DC Watt Meter – one just does some mental math with Volts and Amps at the back of one’s head. An AC Watt Meter, on the other hand, can by pretty useful on any workbench.

For the PDF version of this article, click here. A quiet revolution is in progress in the utility industry. Electromechanical metering devices, in use for the better part of a century to record ...

Maybe the electric utilities are right, for a change. Maybe net-metering—the ability to run your kilowatt-hour meter backwards, with solar panels on your roof or a windmill in your backyard–is not the ...

Smart meters are a cornerstone of the Smart Grid, says the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2009 Smart Grid System Report. 1 They provide electricity consumption measurements and time-of-use information to ...

Landis & Gyr type MX kilowatt-hour meter, residential electric induction meter for measuring power used by consumer. Unit removed from service in 2016 as part of a project to upgrade SMECO’s system to ...