Electricity Meter Certification Program
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How does your company know with 100% certainty that the electricity meters you are going to
purchase and install are safe, reliable and accurate? |
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With the emergence of the smart grid
and the rise of advanced metering, new communications technologies, new standards,
increased meter data, energy-efficiency imperatives, end-customer issues and new
component solutions; the way meter systems are architected, designed, styled, packaged
and manufactured can vary greatly.
The solution to all of these potential problems is the
MET Meter Certification Program.
Under one roof, MET Labs provides:
- The complete range of ANSI C12 accuracy testing
- US and Canadian Product Safety Certification
- ANSI/ IEEE Lightning Surge Testing
- European EN surge testing
- EMC testing per FCC and Industry Canada certification requirements
- Regulatory compliance testing of licensed and unlicensed wireless components and devices
- ESD testing
- Full range of environmental testing from vibration to salt/fog
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The MET Meter Certification Mark |
The purpose of this program is to ensure accuracy, reliability and safety of watt-hour meters in homes and business throughout America. Independent testing ensures that all meters are subject to the same standards and requirements. |
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Verify the proper performance and accuracy of electricity meters in accordance to ANSI C12 requirements. Ensure that RF devices and AMI components do not adversely affect the accuracy of the meter under environmental or fluctuating voltage conditions.
Verify meter accuracy at the full temperature and external environment requirements of ANSI standards. Testing includes extreme temperature, humidity, salt-fog, UV,
lightning surges, and vibration. |
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OSHA approved to test and certify watt hour meters to UL 61010 for the US Marketplace.
MET is also approved by the Standards Council of Canada for standard CSA C22.2 No. 61010-1. |
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Surge capabilities range from 208VAC, 16A to 408VAC 25A, meeting
European standard EN 62052-11 requirements.
ANSI C62.41 IEEE lightning surge immunity testing.
ANSI C37.90.1:1989, IEEE standard surge withstand capability tests for protective relays and relay systems.
ANSI C37.90.1:2002, IEEE standard surge withstand capability tests for relays and relay systems associated with electric power apparatus. |
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Tests in accordance with ANSI C12.1 criteria including Electrical Fast
Transients, Electrostatic Discharge, radiated immunity, surge and voltage dips.
Conducts radiated emissions testing in accordance to FCC part 15
as specified in ANSI C12.1.
Performs regulatory compliance testing of licensed and unlicensed wireless components and devices. |
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Accreditations and Recognitions
- Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory
- TCB (Telecommunications
Certification Body) for FCC
- Measurement Canada
- A2LA
- RF test facility for US, Canadian
and international wireless
standards
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- MET is the first OSHA licensed Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and is the leading meter
testing and certification laboratory in the US
- MET Laboratories is the only company recognized by
Measurement Canada to test electricity meters
- MET Labs is approved by the Public Service Commission
of Maryland to act as a electricity submeter testing
laboratory
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Although a complete Certification Program is the best
assurance of a fully compliant meter, you can create your own certification program. Select which test plan would fit your needs, or use our Smart Meter Consultants to design a program to fulfill your needs.
87.5% of Meter Manufacturers Fail ANSI C12 Certification the First Time*
Want to beat the odds? Consider MET Laboratories’ Electricity Meter Pre-Testing Program. The benefits:
- Concentrate only on the few tests which have resulted in the highest failure rates in MET’s C12.1/C12.20 testing experience.
- Testing can be accomplished for a low cost in 12 business days or less.
- Avoid the risk of a full certification testing failure, which requires full re-testing.
- Get educated. ANSI C12 testing and certification programs are surprisingly complicated. MET can bring you up to speed.
- Do pre-testing for free. If you use MET for full ANSI certification, you will receive a full refund of the Pre-Testing Program.
* Based on all meter testing conducted by MET Laboratories in 2008 & 2009 to full or near-full ANSI C12 standards.
Learn more about our Pre-Testing Program. |
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CALL MET Labs today for
the only solution that
makes sense:
a MET CERTIFIED METER
800.638.6057
info@metlabs.com |
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| Click here to open a pdf presentation of our January 21, 2010 webinar. |
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