How to choose a place for an electricity meter?
When choosing the location of the meter, several rules must be followed. Namely:
- it is necessary to install the counter in an open visible place for good access to its indicators;
- the temperature in the place chosen by you should not fall below 0 ° С and not be higher than + 40 ° С;
- place or room must be dry;
- counter or counter box must be attached to rigid structures;
- height for mounting the meter is 0,8-1,7 m.
- mount, which is used, should easily allow the removal of the electric meter;
- must provide grounding of the meter.
With these elementary rules, you can easily find a convenient place for you to install an electricity meter.
Meter in house
To select an electricity meter in a house or apartment, you need to consider the aspects: what requirements do you present to the meter, and the price you are counting on. In order to determine and do not overpay for an expensive electricity meter with absolutely unnecessary functions, you have to choose at once induction or electronic, and also take into account a single-phase or three-phase meter you are suitable for. For the second characteristic, it's enough just to look at the power cable entering the house, if with two cores - then the network is single-phase, if the cable consists of four cores, respectively, three-phase.
How to connect a single-phase electricity meter, shown in the video in the next tab.
Electric meter on the
Post In order to install the electricity meter on the post, it is necessary to take into account several rules and requirements for this installation.
The first thing you need to pay attention to is the placement of the meter, it must always be located in easily accessible places for maintenance and with the presence of warming cabinets for the temperature drop outside.
The second is the pillar design, it must be rigid enough to fix the box on the street( you need to look at the temperature range of the meter when you buy or install it in your passport).
Also worth paying attention to the places of possible damage to the electrical cable, which can lead to a breakdown of the device, all open wires and cables must be insulated and covered with protective covers.
Warning! Very often there are questions about the transfer of the meter from the house to the post, but you have the obligation to transfer the already operated electric service device only if the meter is on the border of the balance sheet and if the operating conditions do not match. And yet, to oblige you to do this, especially at your expense, they do not have legal norms.
Street electric meter
Everyone, of course, it is clear that the street electric meter can be installed by owners of private houses and suburban areas. But when installing a street counter, which is also a counter on the pole, there may be some problems.
The first one you will encounter is the problem of installing it, becauseit is forbidden to install such meters on their own. But when you contact the relevant organizations, you will hear about the technical conditions that the organization puts forward. In the above issue, mention has already been made of the effects of temperatures and other atmospheric phenomena on the operation of the meter and, of course, its durability, even the installation of an electric meter in an airtight cabinet does not guarantee its continued operation.
Also it is worth remembering that the induction counter on the street will quickly show an error, and this, as you know, clearly is not in the advantages of the owner. Unimpeded access to such a counter will have both electrical and vandals. Also, only the electrical workers will keep a record of the data.
Please note! To install an electric meter, you must adhere to all safety rules when working with electrical appliances.
