I am using an analog GE kwhmeter on an outback system with battery backup to a protected loads panel. The AC in to the inverteris attached tothe 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
Is it a Form 12-S meter? If not, that¹s the reason its not working. Here¹s
an article you can refer to:
http://solarprofessional.com/article/?file=SP1_1_pg16_QandA_3search=
David Brearley, Senior Technical Editor
SolarPro magazine
NABCEP Certified PV Installer
Hi Gary,
You did say you're using the neutral, so I'm assuming you've got the 5-jaw
socket and meter (Form 12S). You also need to make sure the meter itself is
non-detented. Once you reconfigure the socket to match the one shown in
David's reference you should be good to go.
Not sure which
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!
Gary EastonNABCEP Certified Solar PVNABCEP Certified Solar Thermal APPALACHIAN RENEWABLE POWER LTD.Stewart, Ohio 740-277-8498“I'd put my money on
Here is a repost of this information from 20067
Todd
Ok, I called Jake and he forwardedme to Brent Carper (253-395-6818) who works
in the Puget Sound Energymetering department. I had a long conversation with
him about how tometer battery based, grid tied inverters.
The form 12s meter
Title: Re: [RE-wrenches] kwh meters
The 12-S approach in the Solar Pro article only works with 120V
inverter systems. I am facing a similar issue with our first XW system,
which was chosen for this application because it's the only GTWB
120/240V single inverter unit. We also currently have
Title: Re: [RE-wrenches] kwh meters
You will have to put a meter on each
120 volt leg... just like on a dual outback system.
Todd
Allan Sindelar wrote:
The 12-S approach in the Solar Pro article only works with 120V
inverter systems. I am facing a similar issue with our first XW system
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