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Watts
The rate of electrical use at any moment is measured in watts. For example:
• A 50-watt light bulb uses 50 watts.
If a device lists amps instead of watts, then multiply the amps times the voltage to get the watts.
For example: 2.5 amps x 120 volts = 300 watts
Watt-hours
To know how much energy you're using you have to consider how long you run your appliances.
When you run a 1-watt appliance for an hour, that's a watt-hour. It's abbreviated Wh. For example:
• One 100-watt light bulb on for an hour is 100 watt-hours (100 Wh)
• One 100-watt light bulb on for five hours is 500 Wh
Kilowatt-hours
• 1,000 watt-hours is a kilowatt-hour (kWh). For example:
• One 100-watt light bulb on for an hour, is 0.1 kWh (100/1000)
• One 100-watt light bulb on for ten hours is 1 kWh (1 bulbs x 100W x 10h= 1000Wh = 1 kWh)
To understand the difference between kilowatts and kilowatt-hours, kilowatts are the rate of power at
any instant. Kilowatt -hours are the amount of energy used. A light bulb doesn't use 60 watts in an
hour, it uses 60 watt-hours in an hour.
The rate of electrical use at any moment is measured in watts. For example:
• A 50-watt light bulb uses 50 watts.
If a device lists amps instead of watts, then multiply the amps times the voltage to get the watts.
For example: 2.5 amps x 120 volts = 300 watts
Watt-hours
To know how much energy you're using you have to consider how long you run your appliances.
When you run a 1-watt appliance for an hour, that's a watt-hour. It's abbreviated Wh. For example:
• One 100-watt light bulb on for an hour is 100 watt-hours (100 Wh)
• One 100-watt light bulb on for five hours is 500 Wh
Kilowatt-hours
• 1,000 watt-hours is a kilowatt-hour (kWh). For example:
• One 100-watt light bulb on for an hour, is 0.1 kWh (100/1000)
• One 100-watt light bulb on for ten hours is 1 kWh (1 bulbs x 100W x 10h= 1000Wh = 1 kWh)
To understand the difference between kilowatts and kilowatt-hours, kilowatts are the rate of power at
any instant. Kilowatt -hours are the amount of energy used. A light bulb doesn't use 60 watts in an
hour, it uses 60 watt-hours in an hour.
| Another advantage of remotely read meters is detection of power theft. Utilities utilizing remote reading technology can more easily detect changes in usage patterns which are indicative of energy diversion or theft. In fact, the 'Turtle' devices in use by NCEC can detect and report each time the meter is removed from the socket/meter base (the meter loses voltage when it is removed from the socket). This incidental benefit is good for all members, because energy theft impacts our cost of service. NCEC has a plan in place to automate all meters to be read remotely. If your meter is still being read manually, we are working toward replacing your current meter with a meter containing some of the latest in meter reading technology. |
Reading meters is an important part of what we do at Navarro County Electric. The accuracy of meter reads is critical to insure
accurate billing each month. Historically electric utilities and their customers have manually read meters, but developments in
technology are causing changes in the way meters are read today.
Navarro County Electric is taking advantage of technological advances in
meter reading to automate the reading process. Using what is called a
'Turtle' meter reading device (so named because the communication
frequency in MHz is low, or slow, compared to most current high frequency
equipment), we are able to remotely read our members' meters with near
100% accuracy. This device allows us to obtain readings without making
a monthly trip to manually read the meter, or eliminates the need for
members to read their own meter for calculating billing
accurate billing each month. Historically electric utilities and their customers have manually read meters, but developments in
technology are causing changes in the way meters are read today.
Navarro County Electric is taking advantage of technological advances in
meter reading to automate the reading process. Using what is called a
'Turtle' meter reading device (so named because the communication
frequency in MHz is low, or slow, compared to most current high frequency
equipment), we are able to remotely read our members' meters with near
100% accuracy. This device allows us to obtain readings without making
a monthly trip to manually read the meter, or eliminates the need for
members to read their own meter for calculating billing
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