If I understand this correctly, this meter will NOT work when I ride on my fluid trainer indoors? (I'm new to power meters and do a lot indoors).
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Ok...The initial calibration you have to do on the road once. You ride one direction turn and go back. The unit is calibrated! Then you can use it on your trainer, rollers etc. there is a wind entry in front of the unit. Sounds absurd put a small fan in front and trick the unit. Also cyclops has a front wheel plastic base to emulate climbing pitch. Then you are on indoors with power etc... Awesome unit never go wrong with Newton..ha!
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You are right. As there is no headwind (your not moving anywhere) the ibike cannot calculate your power.
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That doesn't make any sense? And it could be impedence not the meter. Get a wiggy to test out high impedence circuits. Make sure you are selecting the correct voltage type on the wheel! There are two types per selection
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The way to check it with a meter, is for continuity, not voltage. Put your meter on OHMS and check between the battery neg post and where the cable attached. You will see it reads "Open" when the knob is turned clockwise to loosen it. When tightened the connection is completed and you will have continuity "0". Proven that no electricity will flow with the knob loosened.
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You can use this if your solar inverter has a pure sine wave, if it doesnt the energy you are measuring wont give you an exactly number. You can search in you tube the diference of pure sine wave and modified sine wave ti see why is the difference.If the accuracy is not important this meter its fine.
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From what I understand, the product doesn't work by changing the EMF levels in the environment, so a meter would not show anything. It is supposed to work by helping your body to dissipate the harmful EMF frequencies by grounding you (and others in the house) into the electromagnetic field of the earth.
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I believe this meter unit works for up to 7500 running watts. It sounds like yours is 6000 running watts with a surge of 7000 watts. Yes; this will work for you.
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The meter will not "spin backwards" unless the power co programs it do so. So until you officially inform them that you have an actual 3kw installation on your roof, the best that will happen is that power you consume during the daytime would be offset by the 600w inverter. Some states regulate an option to have the analog meter by opting out of the smart meter for health concerns. I have to pay $15 an month extra for that privilege, which cancels out any savings during the winter.
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I have no idea and I'm not going to try.In general the meter seems pretty robust at measuring large, variable loads in the direction it was designed to measure. My application was an electric bike with a typical voltage above 50vDC and loads all the way up to 1.5kw.
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Hi Tamara, Please describe what happens (or not) when your unit "doesnt work". A. The small air pump inside the unit does not operate. B. The lights on the front of the unit do not come on. C. You cannot select the program that you want to run. D. The program that you selected will not repeat (like you want a 5 min run time every hour, and it only comes on once - and never repeats again). Select any of these items that you experience, and list any other items that your unit malfunctions on when you run it. Tim D. (Aerospace)
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I came across this site by accident. It explains a lot of things that people might not know will affect their readings. 1) temperature of the liquid 2) how deep the meter is in the liquid 3) how settled the liquid is around the meter, bubbles affect readings. http://www.chemistryland.com/CHM130FieldLab/Lab2/Lab2.html
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Honestly I would just give up and run to an airport or train station and buy a new one from another company. As I said in my review, even when mine was in converter mode, if didn't limit the power like it should. It fried one device, but luckily everything else was dual voltage. If your things are dual voltage, my next question would be are you using it worn an extension cord or power strip, because it doesn't like those. Just make SURE your stuff is rated for the higher volts and plug them straight in.
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This meter works well but: you have to make sure you buy an 12 volt 100 amp meter . I neglected to check that and I received a 12 volt 1 (one) amp meter ( useless) for that much amperage you'll also need a shunt and from here you are on your own because your meter must match the shunt or nothing will work . Good luck .
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Thank you for this answer. I thought I had a defective unit. How is this not talked about in the manual? Anyway, thanks again.
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I'm not sure exactly how the power meter in this machine works, but as somebody who works with power often, it seems fairly accurate to me. Probably not quite as accurate as, say, a power tap, but I get numbers accurate enough to work with over the winter months. My guess is it estimates power based on gear (resistance). and rpm, but im not entirely sure.
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Hi Im not sure, I think possible the only problem is meter monitors energy consumption, and the other function will work correctly, this is only a switch not a converter, I hope I HELP YOU
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These are cheap little Meters. Very finicky. Yours sounds like it is faulty. My suggestion would be to return it for a new one.
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Pretty sure it will not work for net metering. you might try the ted 1001. This will go both positive and negative for energy readings.