Even mechanical meters now have a ratchet that wont let the kWh go backwards even if the wheel goes backwards. Which means you get no credit for anything you backfeed.
I dont konw when those models came out, but at least 30 years ago... bob On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:46 PM Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > > all meters except NET meters will charge you kWh no matter > > which way the disk goes. > > ...except for the old mechanical meters, which ran backwards when you > generated power. The utilities have "fixed" that little problem with > their smart-aleck meters. > > They replaced our old mechanical meter with an electronic one about 15 > years ago. I had a separate mechanical meter in the garage to monitor my > EV charging and PV generation. After about 6 years, I noticed that the > two did not agree! Their meter was reading about 10% high. > > I called to complain. They blew me off for months. Eventually, they sent > someone out. It turned out that the "smart" meter had a lithium battery > that had died. Without it, the meter wasn't sending real data; so they > "guessed"! > > They replaced the meter, but wouldn't give me any credit for the many > months since I reported the discrepancy. > > Lee Hart > > -- > When something bad happens, you have three choices: You can let it > define you; let it destroy you; or you can let it strengthen you. > -- Theodor Seuss Geisel > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200525/e0cb51bb/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
