The fact that all this can be done with modern computing wizardry is one thing, but you just can't beat the mechanical enjoyment of watching how it was done back in the day. I'm sure I was borne a decade too late 🤔
Was looking forward to this video. Very interesting with the ratio gears compared to our modern electronic metering with CTs & serial comms. Used still use hall effect sensors to digitize some of the water and gas metering theses days, yet others in factories would use modbus or a profibus serial type of comms.
8 Siemens selenium rectifier packages, the nice little 100V 1A units. They are very nice looking, in that aluminium case, and I have seen a good number still in service despite being a half century old, and working well.
Do you issue you kids their electricity bills monthly of quarterly? Which one of the registers is for the portazap? But seriously, thanks for preserving and videoing there wonderful pieces of equipment.
Well timed! Just struggling to get pulse counting to work on my Open Energy Monitor which uses an Arduino to count pulses (and input values from 6 CTs and a VT) and a Raspberry Pi to store the values in a database. This looks much more satisfying!
The fact that all this can be done with modern computing wizardry is one thing, but you just can't beat the mechanical enjoyment of watching how it was done back in the day. I'm sure I was borne a decade too late 🤔
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Watching that device operate is mesmerizing
0:28 pretty device too 😻
Was looking forward to this video. Very interesting with the ratio gears compared to our modern electronic metering with CTs & serial comms. Used still use hall effect sensors to digitize some of the water and gas metering theses days, yet others in factories would use modbus or a profibus serial type of comms.
Beautiful mechanisms! Love the meter group, you have a fantastic collection!
8 Siemens selenium rectifier packages, the nice little 100V 1A units. They are very nice looking, in that aluminium case, and I have seen a good number still in service despite being a half century old, and working well.
I do love the clock work👍👍👍👍
Do you issue you kids their electricity bills monthly of quarterly?
Which one of the registers is for the portazap?
But seriously, thanks for preserving and videoing there wonderful pieces of equipment.
Well timed! Just struggling to get pulse counting to work on my Open Energy Monitor which uses an Arduino to count pulses (and input values from 6 CTs and a VT) and a Raspberry Pi to store the values in a database. This looks much more satisfying!
It's alive!
hey Rodalco...on the topic of Electron volts...what kind of transformer does it take to make 3.0MeV - 50mA