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Smart meters have become quite popular in India so much so that more utility companies are exchanging the old meters with them. They track the consumption of electricity in real-time. This information is then sent to the utility company for monitoring the energy consumption and for calculating your bill. These meters qualify for commercial, industrial, and domestic purposes because of their advantages. If you are still considering whether to install a smart meter in your home, here are some reasons that might convert you to use them. 1.      Real-time Information The information processed by the smart meters India is sent to the utility companies in real-time, approximately every 15 minutes. But that is not all. You can also go online and check how much energy your household has consumed and the way it is being tracked. In some countries, the electricity consumption is displayed against the temperature recorded helping users to understand their consumption patterns. Some com

The electric meter installed in your home is the device that allows the utility department to charge you monthly on the amount of energy you have consumed. The electric meter measures the current flow through the service entrance and into your personal electrical service panel. As you would already know, electric meters can be mechanical or analogue and digital or smart meters. In the first case, a utility service person would visit your home to read the meter on a monthly basis. With the newer smart meters, the information is directly sent over radio or internet signals. The consumption of electricity is measured in kilowatt hours. This means we are measuring the watts consumed over a period of time. The power consumption meter does this work i.e. it records the electricity that is consumed in kilowatt-hours. Analogue Electric Meters The analogue meter is a mechanical device that is encased within a glass housing and consists of a metal disc that rotates when the building

Smart meters have been installed with an increasing trend across domestic and commercial points nationwide. In the United States alone, there are approximately 60 million installations proving that digitization of the metering infrastructure has the promising future in the developing nations as well. Industrial and commercial installations have also risen subsequently. What makes the digital meter so popular? Here are a few things you should know about smart meters and their rise in India : 1.      Service Improvement The traditional meters, while maintaining an ongoing record of the power consumption at a home or industrial unit, can offer only monthly readings. The customers are subsequently billed according to their consumption of electricity. On the contrary, a smart meter offers a valuable communication that is two-way. This means that the utility department and the meter (at the customer’s end) can engage in a communication over a wireless or radio network. This two-way