Pulse Meter for net metering

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#1

Im looking for a pulse meter for single phase that can record the import power only via pulses. as my setup would be net metered and my ct clamps just records a mess.
the position of the solar inverter means its hooked up within a sub board so i can’t have it wired any other way.

So im looking for a meter than can record pulses on the import only.

or is there another way around it?

i found this but i really don’t know how the pulse part works and unsure of quality.
https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/digital-power-meters/1440529/

#2

I have a 2 Pulse meters for Solar and Consumption.
These are on the DIN rail in my meter box.
They can be read manually but I have them both connected to the Pulse inputs on my Flukso where they report directly to Pvoutput.
PVoutput give me the import difference.
I got them from www.schnap.com.au ($40)
https://www.schnap.com.au/kilowatt-hour-meter/single-phase-electric-kilowatt-hour-meter/single-phase-45a-4790.html

They have a few diff kinds
https://www.schnap.com.au/?q=single%20phase%20kwhpulse%20meter&hPP=16&idx=schnap&p=0&subcats=Y&pcode_from_q=Y&pshort=Y&pfull[0]=Y&pfull[1]=N&pname=Y&pkeywords=Y&search_performed=Y&match=all&hint_q=single%20phase%20pulse%20meter&dispatch=products.search

#3

sorry for the late reply. i thought i had found something… well i did but after finally chasing them for a price it ended up costing $800!!

I’ll look into those you have linked. cheers.

after quite some googling I was hoping to have one that had 2 pulse outputs that could read import and export separately so I only had to have 1 device in 1 location

#4

Each cct is separate. Solar and Consumption.
They are single din width as well.
Mine are next to each other

#5

I bought one on Aliexpress. It was very cheap and it’s working very fine. It has a pulse output that sends 800 pulses/kwh. This one is three phase, but there is two phase too. The acurracy is very good. I check with the company meter and they measure the same value.

I wire mine on a Fronius Primo 5.0.1 and it’s ok.

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