[geeks] Got the CurrentCost meter installed

Jonathan Groll lists at groll.co.za
Tue Jan 18 01:13:21 CST 2011


On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:44:19 -0500 (EST), der Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> wrote:

> >> To be fair I believe this unit's senser just 'clips on' rather then
> >> being inline
> > Yep, two clamps that go around the mains feed from your meter to the
> > breaker box.
> 
> I think that means they can't sense anything but current, thus making
> it impossible for them to sense true power if your effective total load
> is not resistive (no power factor correction) and definitely not
> capable of correcting for things whose draw is not sinewave - such as
> switching power supplies, to pick a totally random example. :)


Does the utility charge it's residential customers for power factor
correction?

Cheers,
Jonathan
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