Troubleshooting Techniques - Videos and Related Books
Summary
This 35-minute video shows how to troubleshoot meters which have been reported to be giving inaccurate readings. It describes how successive investigative steps can identify and resolve these problems, at the meter installation.
Training Sessions
Meter Complaints – 10 minutesDescribes three common complaints: high-bill complaints, damaged meters, and low- or no-consumption installations.
Troubleshooting Single-Phase Meter Installations – 8 minutes
Describes visual inspections at the meter site, routine voltage checks. Demonstrates how a test fixture and a phantom load can determine if the meter is operating properly.
Describes visual inspections, routine voltage checks. Following logical investigative steps, the technician determines that the demand mechanism motor is defective.
Troubleshooting Three-Phase, Transformer-Rated Meter Installations – 9 minutes
A three-phase meter using current transformers in each phase, is reading low. Using meter test switches, the technician finds one CT is defective.
Videos
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Books
This book reinforces learning from the video. It has informative text and color pictures throughout. Also a good resourse for learning on your own. A handy, compact book. Approximately 40 pages. More info
Supplementary classroom exercises with quizzes for every session. Approximately 30 pages. More info