Section 460.3616. Average meter error; determination.

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.

History: 1983 AACS.