Indeed - but as I've just written, whether the integration of data from the three phases is done in hardware or software is a different question. If done in hardware, it would be unlikley that separate-phase data would be available (or stored in a register), wouldn't it?
Indeed, and there are a number of chips that will do all the work for you - some which make many measurements per cycle and work out instantaneous power, which they sum over a cycle. Thus they can provide accurate real and imaginary power measurments for complex (non-linear) loads.
You'd hope so. There are very strict limits for accuracy - but that doesn't always mean the limits are met. In that case, the problem was with the use of Rogowksi coils which require an integration step to get power - and any offset errors get integrated into false readings.
off hand i can't remember the long term stability of what they probably use. That may well be used to check internals indirectly. A lot of thought has probably been given to them to ensure we don't get cheaper electricity. Who knows the other way. No idea what meter specs say.Perhaps, but I still don't really understand the 'why?' (given that it presumably comes at a cost). Suppliers do not care what might be 'of interest' to their customers, their only interest in meters (at least, at present) being in relation to metering/billing - and, as I've said, I can't think of any situation in which they would want to charge differently for electricity used on different phases.
Unfortunately or otherwise I used computers for modelling long before people generally new they existed. The company moved me on to different things several time the last one was electronics and software firmware in this case. They even sold me part way through that. So seriously if some one knew that they were going to do that it wouldn't be a significant addition. That would also apply if asic's were used. I've been wondering if it's possible to hack them. No doubt eventually some will try.Yes, but as I keep saying, that depends upon whether or not individual phase data is available for the software to process. If the phases are normally combined in hardware (e.g. one of Simon's 'chips'), then it might not be quite so easy.
People will try.
Now I sort of wish I had gone for 3 phase. At the time it would probably been cheaper than the converter and I would have had just a single meter not long after we moved in. My reason for wondering about 2 phases on a meter is down to maybe needing a true higher amperage supply in the future. 2 phases are still there, just the fuse has been removed. While they would probably fit a 100A fuse to the single phase we now have no way would it be a true 100A supply as the voltage drop would be too high.
Quite.
Indeed. That why I said that if they charged differently for the phases, both of one's neighbours would probably be pay a diffent price from what one was paying, and that would be ridiculous. ... and if it's ridiculous for three houses on different phases, it would also be ridiculous for three phases supplying a single building.
In industrial, and some commercial, installations, yes. I have a 3-phase supply to my domestic property, and that is used to provide three single-phase '230V' supplies (roughly 'one per floor').
I'm not so greedy. 2 phases spread over 3 floors would do me. That's assuming we ever wanted to use electric heating. 1 phase for that would probably be ok with the other for the usual things.
Mmmm I do that sort of thing at times,Ahh. You meant “suits”.
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