User's Manual

CENTRON® OpenWay™ Meter Technical Reference Guide v
Table of Contents
Trademarks Used in This Manual..................................................................................................ii
Compliance With FCC Regulations .............................................................................................. iii
FCC Part 15, Class B ......................................................................................................... iii
RF Exposure....................................................................................................................... iii
Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations ................................................... iii
Factory Repair of Meters .............................................................................................................. iii
Repair of Meters Under Warranty....................................................................................... iv
Repair of Meters Not Under Warranty................................................................................ iv
Service Return Address...................................................................................................... iv
Recycling Information.................................................................................................................... iv
General Information ..................................................................................................1
About This Manual .........................................................................................................................1
General Description .......................................................................................................................2
Physical Description.......................................................................................................................3
Meter Base ..........................................................................................................................3
Personality Modules ............................................................................................................3
Product Availability.........................................................................................................................4
Display Functions...........................................................................................................................4
Specifications.................................................................................................................................5
Electrical ..............................................................................................................................5
Operating Environment........................................................................................................5
Characteristic Data ..............................................................................................................5
Burden Data.........................................................................................................................6
Technical Data.....................................................................................................................6
Type Codes .........................................................................................................................7
Dimensions..........................................................................................................................8
CVSO ........................................................................................................................8
CVSOD, CVSOR, CVSOC.......................................................................................................9
Installation ...............................................................................................................11
Inspection.....................................................................................................................................11
Battery..........................................................................................................................................11
Storage.........................................................................................................................................11
Unpacking ....................................................................................................................................12
Preliminary Inspection..................................................................................................................12
Meters Without Batteries ...................................................................................................12
Meters With Batteries ........................................................................................................12
Selecting a Site ............................................................................................................................13
Installing the Meter into Service...................................................................................................13
Retrofitting with Personality Modules...........................................................................................13
Operation: Base Metrology.....................................................................................15
Metrology .....................................................................................................................................15
Surge Protection ..........................................................................................................................16
Sampling ......................................................................................................................................16
Voltage and Current Measurement..............................................................................................17
Watthour (Wh) Measurement.......................................................................................................17
Volt-amperehour (VAh) Measurement.........................................................................................18
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