Centron model CL 200 bi-directional meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 2015
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Since Edison’s day electrical meters have measured the flow of current in one direction only—from power plant to user. Customers can then be billed for the amount of electricity they use. Measuring current that flows in both directions requires a bi-directional or net meter like this one. It runs forward when the user draws power from the electric lines and backwards when solar panels make more power than the building is using. This feature can lower the customer’s monthly electric bill and reduces the need for new power plants to meet growing demand.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Edison International, thru Adam Umanoff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0342.04
label: accession number
content: 2016.0342
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0342.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrical meter
label: Object Name
content: net meter
label: Object Name
content: watt-hour meter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 7 in; 15.24 cm x 17.78 cm