WT Series-Tips & Meter Workaround
Pulse Pickup shielding v1.6+
What is a Pulse Pickup? A Pulse Pickup is a device used to detect electronic output pulses based on the Watthour constant (Kh) of your electricity meter. These pulses can be visible or infrared light. Under normal operating circumstances in various ...
Why do I lose the initial formatting of the data when I receive a report by email on my iPhone?
Description of the problem: For some iPhone users, running iOS 14.6 and above which are using Mail as their default email application, the data format used by the text report is no longer supported and as a result, the data loses its original ...
Why do I get a busy notification on the meter and wrong readings at the end of test when testing a GE I-210 meter?
When testing a GE I-210 meter I get a busy on the meter and my reading are wrong at the end of test. Description of the problem: The GE I-210 equipped with AMI modules will transmit every 60 seconds and will create false pulse during the test. ...
What is Four Quadrant test (4 Quad Test)?
What is a Four Quadrant test? The Four Quadrant test is an automatic test sequence that can be used to assess the meter’s ability to register energy in all four quadrants of the power vector diagram. The Four Quadrant Test runs an equivalent of the ...
What is Creep test?
Creep test How does it work? The Creep test is used to check the effect of a 0 A current and nominal voltage on the energy registration of a meter. Under a 0 A load, a mechanical meter should do no more than one disk revolution in a 10 minute time ...
What is Demand test?
Demand test Ho does it work? The Demand test is used to test meters that have a demand register, (no accessories are needed). The meter must first be configured to be in kW demand test mode (check meter manual for device specific procedure). The ...
What is Line Monitor test?
Line Monitor How does it work? The Line Monitor test is used to observe the line voltage and frequency. There are no prerequisites for running the Line Monitor test. The minimum, maximum and average for both the voltage and frequency is displayed ...
What is Manual Tracking test?
Manual Tracking How does it work? The Manual/Tracking test is used to assess the quality of a mechanical meter without using external accessories, (no accessories needed). To perform a manual tracking, the meter is energized with a low or high load ...
What is the Custom test?
Custom Test How does it work? The Custom test is used to test a specific combination of load and active phase. Once the test is completed, the user can save the test data in the device memory. To execute a Custom test, an optical pickup or a Metercam ...
What is the Full test?
Full Test How does it work? The Full test is used to fully assess the quality of a meter, as it runs a complete sequence of sub-tests. The Full test runs an equivalent of the Quick Test followed by additional single-element tests. To execute a Full ...
What is the Quick test?
Quick test What is the Quick test? The Quick test can be used to quickly assess the accuracy of a meter. How does it work? The Quick test runs a predetermined sequence of sub-tests, all in one operation, during which all phases are energized ...
For recalibration of the tester, is it required to send back the tester to the factory or can we run a calibration using our shop standard?
Accuracy verification of the meter testers can be done by the user. It is the same procedure that we offer on the NT models and uses the same test jack and interface. The material needed for calibrating the units is: An isolated power supply ...
Does WT Series models come with a handheld remote control?
Optional, not included No, the WT Series tester does not come with a handheld remote control included. The WT Series is made primarily to be controlled from a mobile device or a laptop. The handheld remote is optional and can be purchased separately ...
Does any of the meter tester come with accessories?
The WT comes in a shock resistant carrying bag. The bag has individual compartments for the test socket, the pickups and the Users Guide. There is also enough space for small accessories such as the magnetic adapter for the optical pickup, seals, ...
How can I retrieve and download results for the WT Series?
Exporting Test Reports using the Probewell Connect App for Windows from a PC The Probewell Connect application offers two data exports formats for WT Series test reports: PDF and CSV. In both cases, test data is extracted from the WT tester’s ...
Do I need to calibrate the testers? If yes, how often?
The units are calibrated at the factory before delivery to your facilities, the report can be found inside the mesh pocket og the carrying case. We suggest calibrating the testers at least once a year or as per local PUC or company regulations to ...
Are all accessories compatible with all tester models?
Most accessories are compatible with all models. You can use older accessories with new tester models. If you own 20-25 years old accessories, some might not be compatible with the new generation models (i.e. Optical Pickup), but all new accessories ...
Will testing the meter cause a power interruption? (WT Series)
The customer has power back for the duration of the test thanks to our internal bypasses The only outage the customer experience is when removing the meter to inster the tester and when removing the tester to put the meter back in the installation. ...
How many meter tests does the unit store internally?
The WT Series Tester can hold up to 100 test records in its non-volatile memory. Test modes that support data logging are: • Quick • Full • Custom • Four quadrants After 100 tests, the App it will display a message saying: No more available report ...
When the memory is full does it start overwriting the old tests automatically or does it notifies the user that the memory is full before starting to overwrite?
The test data is never overwritten when the socket runs out of storage. The socket will generate an error and will indicate the user that he need to export test data to a PC. When the user is to save the 101th test, it will display a message saying: ...
What happens if at powering on, the socket does not start?
The socket is not powering up and there is no connection with mobile device or computer: Check if the fan inside the socket is running. Make sure the form selector switch is set according to the meter base being used and also verify that the tabs, if ...