Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.3616 - Average meter error; determination
Rule 616. If a metering installation is found upon any test to be in error by more than 2% at any test load, the average error shall be determined in 1 of the following ways:
(a) If the metering installation is used to
measure a load which has practically constant characteristics, such as a
streetlighting load, the meter shall be tested under similar conditions of load
and the accuracy of the meter "as found" shall be considered as the average
accuracy.
(b) If a single-phase
metering installation is used on a varying load, the average error shall be the
weighted algebraic average of the error at light load and the error at heavy
load, the latter being given a weighting of 4 times the former.
(c) If a polyphase metering installation is
used on a varying load, the average error shall be the weighted algebraic
average of its error at light load given a weighting of 1, its error at heavy
load and 100% power factor given a weighting of 4, and at heavy load and 50%
lagging powerfactor given a weighting of 2.
(d) If a load, other than the light, heavy,
and low power factor load specified for routine testing, is more representative
of the customary use of the metering equipment, its error at that load shall
also be determined. In this case, the average error shall be computed by giving
the error at such load and power factor a weighting of 3 and each of the errors
at the other loads (light, heavy, and 50% lagging power factor) a weighting of
1. Each error shall be assigned its proper sign.
Notes
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