. Electrical news and engineering . placed inthe basement and as near as possible to the service. Take theaverage installation and we find very few switches between theservice and the meter. The current, as already stated, flowsthrough the armature circuit 24 hours per day, and in a test maderecently to determine this amoimt, it was foimd that .05 amperesflowed through. This looks a small quantit), but if we have 1200to 1500 of these meters, it means 60 to 75 amjieres to keep up thisalone, and from which there is no return. J„ly, CflNflDIAN ELECTRlCAb fJEWS If the vollajje is 120, and l
. Electrical news and engineering . placed inthe basement and as near as possible to the service. Take theaverage installation and we find very few switches between theservice and the meter. The current, as already stated, flowsthrough the armature circuit 24 hours per day, and in a test maderecently to determine this amoimt, it was foimd that .05 amperesflowed through. This looks a small quantit), but if we have 1200to 1500 of these meters, it means 60 to 75 amjieres to keep up thisalone, and from which there is no return. J„ly, CflNflDIAN ELECTRlCAb fJEWS If the vollajje is 120, and laking^ the cost of manufacture at per hour, it means $1300 to $1700 annually, which isequal to 6% on $22,000 to $28,000. This represents one source ofloss, but there are many more. Every one of these tneters, andin fact, nearly all recordintf meters will when new start with little current, but after they have been in use for a time;i different result is noticed. For instance, we have .in iiislallalion.
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