Re: Re: Electrisave Monitoring Device - A small review

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Goodness - elektor - that's a magazine I've not seen for years & years
... !

Chris



Craig wrote:

>
> If your electric meter is a modern meter it should be able to read the
> registers directly, using the IEC/FLAG interface. There is an
interesting
> circuit here, orginally from elektor:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7a7tu
>
> 'Many electricity meters installed since the mid 1980's are equipped
with
> an IEC1107 compliant optical interface. This gives a convenient method
for
> the Electricity Company to access all manner of information held in
the
> meter using a hand terminal. This simple project describes a neat
IEC1107
> to RS232 interface that together with some software allows a PC to
talk
> to the meter and retrieve energy consumption information.'
>
>
>
> There is a comercial type probe available here:
>
> http://www.abacuselectrics.com/probspec.htm
>
>
> Have any list members experience of this type (IEC) of probe before,
and
> used for non-commercial/home use?
>
> Seems it could be a more accurate method of measurement , as it
> accesses the
> meter directly