On May 29, 3:54*am, Evan wrote:
On May 28, 10:26*pm, Home Guy wrote:



What would be the criteria for determining when a "demand meter" is
installed in a given premises, vs a non "demand-meter" ?

Does a "demand meter" give a more accurate measure of energy
consumption?

@Home Guy:

A "demand meter" comes into play as a factor when:

-- The size of the electrical service is exceeds a certain
predetermined size...

-- The property is zoned commercial/industrial usually
will have a demand meter unless you are a small tenant
with a separate meter and your electrical service capacity
is smaller than the predetermined size mentioned above...

A "demand meter" is no more or less accurate than the
meter you have installed on your house -- it is simply
keeping track of an additional aspect to your power use,
rather than only being an odometer counting how many
kWh of energy you are using in a month, it is also keeping
track of what your greatest simultaneous draw of energy
(a.k.a. your "peak demand") was during the billing period
which like others have said acts as a multiplier or
determines which billing rate you will be charged for your
electric bill for that month...

With a "demand meter" service, a business which uses
a consistent 20KW of electrical energy during a billing
period would pay a different rate than a customer who
uses 100KW of electrical energy in short bursts even
if the overall consumption of kWh during said billing
period was identical...

~~ Evan

EVANGELIST, NOW WHY DO YOU WANT TO COMPLICATE THE OPs LIFE WITH THAT
KIND OF INFO?
A BETTER WAY FOR A HOME OWNER / CONSUMER TO ESTIMATE HIS COST IS TO
MONITOR HIS USAGE VS HIS COST ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.....IF HE MISSE
$ BY A FEW DIGIT$ ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD AND THE LESSON IN
OVERUSE IS A GOOD ONE TO MAKE AMENDS AND APPLY SAVING
MEASURES...WHETHER IT MAY BE FIRING AN UNSCRUPULOUS ENERGY WASTING
EMPLOYEE OR CHANGING TO MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT OR CURBING USE
TO MEET ONES FISCAL BUDGET.


WHY BOTHER WITH CALCULATIONS IF YOU ARE GONNA SCREW IT UP ANYWAY ;-)

PAT ECUM
TGITM