Intellimeter Blog

This is a commonly asked question by contractors when installing an Intellimeter system. 

As an “instrument transformer,” a Current Transformer (CT) produces an alternating current in its secondary winding, which is proportional to the current in its primary. Therefore, Current Transformers can reduce high currents to a lower value, providing

Picture a person living alone who consumes 8,000 US Gallons of water a month; Then picture a fire hydrant used by the firemen when putting a fire out in a small shed, that took a few hours, used exactly 8,000 US Gallons of water.

What is a Multiplier

Property managers in buildings with electricity, water, gas or thermal energy meters have to extract readings from them to  measure and monitor the consumption of different areas or different units in the building.

Meters use