by Shane Henson — October 31, 2012—Continental Control Systems, a company specializing in electric power metering and monitoring equipment for use by the energy services industry, has released a new line of electric power meters, the WattNode Revenue.
The meters are designed for use in applications requiring revenue-grade accuracy, and are optimized for tenant submetering in residential and commercial spaces, photovoltaic (PV) energy generation metering, Utility Monitoring and Control System (UMCS) metering on military bases, and more, says the company.
In addition to revenue-grade, bidirectional energy metering, the networkable WattNode Revenue meters provide dozens of additional measurements: bidirectional power, demand, peak demand, reactive power, voltage, current, power factor, and line frequency. The WattNode Revenue Logger for LonWorks can store 12 weeks of five-minute readings, the company adds.
The WattNode Revenue meters are designed for 120/208/240 Vac and 277/480 Vac applications. Each meter is calibrated using NIST-traceable equipment following the procedures specified by ANSI C12 metering standards, and is supplied with a certificate of calibration. The WattNode Revenue meters also meet the accuracy requirements of ANSI C12.1 and C12.20 Class 0.5, and support Modbus, BACnet, or LonTalk communications protocol or a pulse output.
