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Re: Measuring my electricity consumption.....




Ant  -  Any joy with the part number and some details/photos?

Lee

> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:36:30 +0000, James Fidell <james@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
>
> > Here we have an old "whizzy wheel" (at least, ours
whizzes :) meter.
> > I've been wondering if it might not still be possible to use a
similar
> > method to count the number of times the black marker on the edge
of the
> > wheel passes.
>
> I have a whizzy wheel meter, and I count the rotations of the black
> mark using a reflective 45-degree infra red optocoupler that I gummed
> to the meter's face with some putty, and a PIC circuit. If you're
> interested I'll dig out the part number.
>
> cheers
>
> ant
>



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