TESTING OF ENERGY METER

It can be done by using

RSS
PHASE SHIFTING DEVICE
ALTERNATOR
Phantom loading test
 When the current ratings of meter under test is very high ,
a test with actual load arrangements
consume considerable waste of power .
To avoid this phantom loading is used .
Phantom loading consists of supplying the pressure
circuit from a required normal voltage supply and the
current circuit from separate low voltage supply .
It is possible to circulate the rated current through the
current circuit with a low voltage supply as the impedance
of this circuit is very low.
In this arrangement the total power required is that due to
the small pressure coil current at rated normal voltage, plus
the power supplied due to the current circuit current at low
voltage supply. The total power consumed by phantom
loading is very small as compared to direct loading.
 Testing of energy meter using RSS
RSS-rotating substandard meter
This test is conducted for a short period of time hence called short
period test.
A RSS meter is used along with the meter under test.
The current coils of two meters are connected in series and
pressure coils are connected in parallel.
The two meters are started and stopped simultaneously for short
period of time.
When the predetermined load is adjusted, then the number of
revolutions for a certain period of time is observed for both the
meters in same time
If the constants of meters are same then error can be directly
obtained.
But if meter constants are different then error is required to be
calculated.
ENERGY METER testing using phase
shifting device
METHOD 2
TRIVECTOR METER
 MAXIMUM DEMAND INDICATOR

It is used to record the maximum power

consumed by the consumer during a
particular period.
It is available ass a unit together with an
energy meter.
The energy meter records total energy
consumption while the maximum demand
indicator indicates the maximum value of the
average power over equal intervals of time.
Maximum demand indicator
Advantages:
Accurate maximum demand is measured.
The scale is uniform.
Disadvantages:
Very costly due to complicated gearing
mechanism.
If the maximum demand occurs in a time
interval and continues over only a small part
of the next interval then it can not be
measured accurately.